David Hare-Scott wrote:
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
....


David

Got'ny advice for a newbie watermelon grower?

I had no *idea* they grew this big! Mine's gone 10m in one direction and
15m in the other and it's growing what seems to be billions of
watermelons! We've already culled quite a few of them, but you can
almost detect the vine growing. Each morning, it seems to have added
another couple of feet in every direction!

Is it likely to pick up my dunny and cart it away????

PS. The melons are *gorgeous*: sweet and juicy as can be.

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

On 4/02/2010 8:02 PM, Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
....


David

Got'ny advice for a newbie watermelon grower?

I had no *idea* they grew this big! Mine's gone 10m in one direction
and 15m in the other and it's growing what seems to be billions of
watermelons! We've already culled quite a few of them, but you can
almost detect the vine growing. Each morning, it seems to have added
another couple of feet in every direction!

Is it likely to pick up my dunny and cart it away????
Yes, though theycan be trained with an axe....but you have to be able to
keep up to them. Hard when youre sitting on the dunny....
Maybe the dunny is attracting them?

PS. The melons are *gorgeous*: sweet and juicy as can be.

From the wikipedia site on water melons
The citrulline which exists in watermelon (especially in the rind) is a
known stimulator of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is thought to relax and
expand blood vessels, much like the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra,
and may even increase libido.[32]
Apparently the rind is edible...
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Jonno wrote:

From the wikipedia site on water melons
The citrulline which exists in watermelon (especially in the rind) is a
known stimulator of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is thought to relax and
expand blood vessels, much like the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra,
and may even increase libido.[32]
Apparently the rind is edible...

LOL! That's downright subversive, that is!

My husband doesn't need to know this small factoid about watermelons and
I will be Vigilant that he doesn't eat too much of the stuff. For his
own well-being, you understand... ;-

FWIW, me dear old Mum ate watermelon rind when she was a tot and nearly
died of ulcerative colitis caused, as the doctors said, by the
'chemicals' in the rind.

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

On 4/02/2010 11:35 PM, Trish Brown wrote:
Jonno wrote:

From the wikipedia site on water melons
The citrulline which exists in watermelon (especially in the rind)
is a known stimulator of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is thought to
relax and expand blood vessels, much like the erectile dysfunction
drug Viagra, and may even increase libido.[32]
Apparently the rind is edible...

LOL! That's downright subversive, that is!
Yep and that explains the black non american natives sexual prowess
perhaps...
And may stop them being stereo typed feeding on large amounts of water
melon.

My husband doesn't need to know this small factoid about watermelons
and I will be Vigilant that he doesn't eat too much of the stuff. For
his own well-being, you understand... ;-

I would have thought you would have been thinking about it for yourself
perhaps.
Nothing exceeds excess....
FWIW, me dear old Mum ate watermelon rind when she was a tot and
nearly died of ulcerative colitis caused, as the doctors said, by the
'chemicals' in the rind.
Now you're putting people of, after me encouraging them to be fruitful.
Why do some people always spoil a good thing... (grinning from ear to
ear while desperately waiting for the water melons in his own patch to
ripen)
One inch of rain so far....11 55. good night....
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Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
....


David

Got'ny advice for a newbie watermelon grower?


I owe it all to my producer and choreographer ..... no no

Let me start again. I owe it all to my producers: to Jabba, Bobby, Trouble,
Shannon, Tia, Chatty, Big Ted, Wildeyes, Hugo and Dektop Magic. They did
all the hard work. I feel so proud and humble. I just followed in their
footsteps.

With a barrow.

I had no *idea* they grew this big! Mine's gone 10m in one direction
and 15m in the other and it's growing what seems to be billions of
watermelons! We've already culled quite a few of them, but you can
almost detect the vine growing. Each morning, it seems to have added
another couple of feet in every direction!

Is it likely to pick up my dunny and cart it away????


No for that you need pumpkins.

PS. The melons are *gorgeous*: sweet and juicy as can be.

Enjoy

David

David Hare-Scott wrote:
Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
....


David

Got'ny advice for a newbie watermelon grower?


I owe it all to my producer and choreographer ..... no no

Let me start again. I owe it all to my producers: to Jabba, Bobby,
Trouble, Shannon, Tia, Chatty, Big Ted, Wildeyes, Hugo and Dektop
Magic. They did all the hard work. I feel so proud and humble. I just
followed in their footsteps.

With a barrow.

ROFL! That's a load of old... and you know it!


Is it likely to pick up my dunny and cart it away????


No for that you need pumpkins.

Well the pumpkins were planted the week after the melons and already
they're having an unnatural relationship in the middle of the bed! I
can't untwine them: they've knotted themselves together in what looks
like a Turk's Head Knot! My dunny is a heritage item, you know: it has
wall-to-wall air-conditioning and a determined list to the left. It's
been host to numerous blue-tongues, black snakes and Miss Redbacks over
the years. In fact, we sort of hoped the pumpkin might hold it together
for a few years longer before we'll need to replace it. I hate to
destroy the ... je ne sais quoi? ... of an heritage building. Y'know?

I really envy you all that horse poo. Hope you've been giving the lads
the odd apple or carrot by way of thanks?

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

On 4/02/2010 11:41 PM, Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
....


David

Got'ny advice for a newbie watermelon grower?


I owe it all to my producer and choreographer ..... no no

Let me start again. I owe it all to my producers: to Jabba, Bobby,
Trouble, Shannon, Tia, Chatty, Big Ted, Wildeyes, Hugo and Dektop
Magic. They did all the hard work. I feel so proud and humble. I
just followed in their footsteps.

With a barrow.

ROFL! That's a load of old... and you know it!


Is it likely to pick up my dunny and cart it away????


No for that you need pumpkins.

Well the pumpkins were planted the week after the melons and already
they're having an unnatural relationship in the middle of the bed! I
can't untwine them: they've knotted themselves together in what looks
like a Turk's Head Knot! My dunny is a heritage item, you know: it has
wall-to-wall air-conditioning and a determined list to the left. It's
been host to numerous blue-tongues, black snakes and Miss Redbacks
over the years. In fact, we sort of hoped the pumpkin might hold it
together for a few years longer before we'll need to replace it. I
hate to destroy the ... je ne sais quoi? ... of an heritage building.
Y'know?

I really envy you all that horse poo. Hope you've been giving the lads
the odd apple or carrot by way of thanks?

I am just wondering if the dunny is on a hillside. You may be growing
them chinese style.
--

On 4/02/2010 8:02 PM, Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
I must cut zucchinis daily no matter what.
....


David

Got'ny advice for a newbie watermelon grower?

I had no *idea* they grew this big! Mine's gone 10m in one direction and
15m in the other and it's growing what seems to be billions of
watermelons! We've already culled quite a few of them, but you can
almost detect the vine growing. Each morning, it seems to have added
another couple of feet in every direction!

Is it likely to pick up my dunny and cart it away????

PS. The melons are *gorgeous*: sweet and juicy as can be.

Sugar baby (Yates) next time. They are smaller and fit in the
fridge.Well at the moment. They seem to have stalled at around 5 inches
they should grow to 8.
Anyone have any ideas to restart them growing?