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Pepino Melon
does anyone know anything about growing these?
I was given one as a present have watered it and its had a lot of son,, keeps producing yellow flowers with a small acorn sized fruit appearing behind them Days later the fruit turns yellow and falls off How big is the fruit? maybe its full grown I have had troub le locating an image of the plant any ideas will gratefully be recieved I have put two links below for you to see what I have http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P1140363.jpg http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P1140361.jpg Hope that you can identify the plant from those Thanks for any help
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Pepino Melon
Jimgentracer wrote:
does anyone know anything about growing these? I was given one as a present have watered it and its had a lot of son,, keeps producing yellow flowers with a small acorn sized fruit appearing behind them Days later the fruit turns yellow and falls off How big is the fruit? maybe its full grown I have had troub le locating an image of the plant any ideas will gratefully be recieved I have put two links below for you to see what I have http://tinyurl.com/382yysr http://tinyurl.com/2vkqb75 Hope that you can identify the plant from those Thanks for any help Before we descend into common name confusion hell is this what you are talking about? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepino If so search on Solanum muricatum and you will no doubt get much more information. The photos you supplied do not look like that to me, yours looks like a cucurbit not a solanum. Where did you get it? What did the supplier call it? David |
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Pepino Melon
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: Jimgentracer wrote: does anyone know anything about growing these? I was given one as a present have watered it and its had a lot of son,, keeps producing yellow flowers with a small acorn sized fruit appearing behind them Days later the fruit turns yellow and falls off How big is the fruit? maybe its full grown I have had troub le locating an image of the plant any ideas will gratefully be recieved I have put two links below for you to see what I have http://tinyurl.com/382yysr http://tinyurl.com/2vkqb75 Hope that you can identify the plant from those Thanks for any help Before we descend into common name confusion hell is this what you are talking about? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepino If so search on Solanum muricatum and you will no doubt get much more information. The photos you supplied do not look like that to me, yours looks like a cucurbit not a solanum. Where did you get it? What did the supplier call it? David It looks like squash to me. Do you have pollinators? Fruit setting, turning yellow, and falling off the vine while young, sounds as if it wasn't pollinated. You should start hand pollinating to assure yourself that this isn't the problem. The only climbing squash that I'm familiar with is the genus Cucurbita moschata. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html |
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Pepino Melon
Jimgentracer said:
does anyone know anything about growing these? I was given one as a present have watered it and its had a lot of son,, keeps producing yellow flowers with a small acorn sized fruit appearing behind them Days later the fruit turns yellow and falls off Your plant is aborting the fruit, either due to lack of pollination or because it is not robust enough to maintain the fruit. I have put two links below for you to see what I have http://tinyurl.com/382yysr http://tinyurl.com/2vkqb75 Hope that you can identify the plant from those Thanks for any help -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles email valid but not regularly monitored |
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Thanks for all the answers
I have to say I can only tell you what the card said on it Pepino Melon however, it certainly doesnt look like the solanum the fruit on the card looked like an Orange coloured Galia Melon How do I pollinated the fruit? Im a total newbie
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... Pepino "melons", Solanum muricatum (so actually a member of the tomato/potato/chilli family) that I have bought in shops in Chile are about 6-8"/15-20cm long, and oval in end-to-end cross-section. So a bit bigger than an aubergine, but rather smaller than most melons. But there is a picture of one on the Wikipedia page, described as ripe, not much larger than a hen's egg, so they can be rather smaller than that. They do look like melons. Their origin is, like many of the cultivated solanums, in the Andes. The original wild plant has not been found. They are cultivated at around 2000m to 3000m in the tropical Andes, and in the mediterranean climate area of Chile. I came across them being grown at around 1500m in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia, but they weren't very good, perhaps too warm. I believe they are also grown in the northern parts of New Zealand. They are known to be trickier than chillis to grow. But in general, I would say that if you have the conditions right to grow aubergines without any trouble, or tamarillos (tree tomatoes), then you should have the conditions about right for these. ... Additional comments on your latest: Solanums are generally self-pollinating. Solanum flowers are generally pretty obviously different from curcurbit (squash family) flowers, though if you are total newbie you may not recognise the difference. A few images from google might help. If you decide what you have is a curcurbit, then it wasn't a pepino melon, you were misled. But this is always a problem when plant sellers sell things with just popular names. |
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Is there such a name as PEPITO Melon?
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Pepino Melon
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Jimgentracer wrote: Thanks for all the answers I have to say I can only tell you what the card said on it Pepino Melon however, it certainly doesnt look like the solanum the fruit on the card looked like an Orange coloured Galia Melon How do I pollinated the fruit? Im a total newbie For squash, you will notice that some of the flowers are on short stems and others are on long stems. The easiest way to pollinate them is to pick one of the long stemmed flowers, pull off the petals, and then swirl it around inside the short stemmed flower for a couple of seconds, and you're done. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html |
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Pepino Melon
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Jimgentracer wrote: Is there such a name as PEPITO Melon? I'm sure there is. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at it right now. Do you suppose someone could "google" PEPITO Melon? -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html |
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now that way sounds kind of easy
will have a go tomorrow
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Pepino Melon
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, Billy wrote: In article , Jimgentracer wrote: Is there such a name as PEPITO Melon? I'm sure there is. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at it right now. Do you suppose someone could "google" PEPITO Melon? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=PEPINO+Melon -- Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden globalvoicesonline.org http://www.davidmccandless.com/ |
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Pepino Melon
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Is there such a name as PEPITO Melon? Have you done any web searching on your own behalf or are you counting on us doing it all for you? You are likely to get more help if you show that you have at least tried to find out yourself. David |
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Pepino Melon
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Bill who putters wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Jimgentracer wrote: Is there such a name as PEPITO Melon? I'm sure there is. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at it right now. Do you suppose someone could "google" PEPITO Melon? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=PEPINO+Melon Bill, he wanted PEPITO Melon http://lmgtfy.com/?q=PEPITO+Melon -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html |
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Pepino Melon
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In article , Jimgentracer wrote: Is there such a name as PEPITO Melon? I'm sure there is. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at it right now. Do you suppose someone could "google" PEPITO Melon? There must be something cultural about gardenbanter that makes them take on this degree of helplessness. It seems an attitude unrelated to level of gardening knowledge. I find it quite odd. David |
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Banter is exactly why this forum is here I thought David...
I have done a lot of web searching and in fact found this to be the nicest spot to ask However, it seems like all forums there always seems to be those who dont enjoy the banter and swapping of ideas liberally. "BANTER" is described on google as a "Supple term used to describe activities or chat that is playful, intelligent and original. Banter is something you either posses or lack, there is no middle ground. It is also something inherently English, stemming as it does from traditional hi-jinks and tomfoolery of British yesteryear" Generally, I enjoy sharing ideas as this develops knowledge. I feel a little "corrected" by your remark Should I feel like this? I think not
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