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What are the chances of growing Water Melon outside in South London?
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You might try a Sugar Baby or some other small one that has 85 to 90 days to
maturity. Start it inside 4 weeks before your temps stay above 59 degrees F. Dwayne "kk" wrote in message ... What are the chances of growing Water Melon outside in South London? |
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In article , kk kkkkk wrote:
What are the chances of growing Water Melon outside in South London? Growing one - good. Getting ripe fruit - very poor indeed. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , kk kkkkk wrote: What are the chances of growing Water Melon outside in South London? Growing one - good. Getting ripe fruit - very poor indeed. As students, my friend Constant Wilke and I did a lot of mountaineering in South Africa. On one occasion we carried a watermelon and a sweet melon with us as a source of water. We planted the pips in a sunny flat at 5000 ft altitude. The following year there were dozens of ripe melons of both kinds waiting for us when we revisited the place. Franz |
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Franz Heymann wrote: "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , kk kkkkk wrote: What are the chances of growing Water Melon outside in South London? Growing one - good. Getting ripe fruit - very poor indeed. As students, my friend Constant Wilke and I did a lot of mountaineering in South Africa. On one occasion we carried a watermelon and a sweet melon with us as a source of water. We planted the pips in a sunny flat at 5000 ft altitude. The following year there were dozens of ripe melons of both kinds waiting for us when we revisited the place. At about 9 degrees south of the tropic of Cancer; London is 28 degrees north of the tropic of Capricorn. Alternatively, you planted them some 35 degrees north of the Antarctic circle; London is 16 degrees south of Arctic circle. I should be surprised if the insolation during the growing seasons were less than a factor of two different. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Franz Heymann wrote: "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , kk kkkkk wrote: What are the chances of growing Water Melon outside in South London? Growing one - good. Getting ripe fruit - very poor indeed. As students, my friend Constant Wilke and I did a lot of mountaineering in South Africa. On one occasion we carried a watermelon and a sweet melon with us as a source of water. We planted the pips in a sunny flat at 5000 ft altitude. The following year there were dozens of ripe melons of both kinds waiting for us when we revisited the place. At about 9 degrees south of the tropic of Cancer; London is 28 degrees north of the tropic of Capricorn. Alternatively, you planted them some 35 degrees north of the Antarctic circle; London is 16 degrees south of Arctic circle. I should be surprised if the insolation during the growing seasons were less than a factor of two different. Yes. That is the point I was trying to make, without actually saying so. In similar vein: I have a brother who lives just off the garden route. He does not garden. He "ungardens", removing only the supernumary wild stuff on his plot which is then naturally left with at least four species of Protea, a similar number of Cape Heaths and the odd disa or two. Franz |
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