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Forest Hill,md.

Last season i crossed a variety from turkey with carolina cross.The turkey variety exhibited different growing traits compared to other plants bfrom here.They literally grew like weeds,endlessly developed melons that i had to cull.Each plant i grew probally and conservatively developed over 50 culls per plant.Found that they would need at least twice the room to spread than the carolinas to be happy.They also were more hardy to diesease and needed less water.I allowed one or two to grow per plant and they acheived average of 60 " girth,and over two feet straight measure.My downfall was not knowing or allowing enough room to spread which caused me to cut back more vines than the plants could handle.lost over 25 days of growth too excessive trimming and the following(diesease?)which caused them to wilt and die young.However,sorry for the story,the thing i have noticed this year using seeds from each crossed variety is...i have carolina cross plants on the same main vine showing the ball shaped (turkey shaped)melon and two feet down showing a nice zeplin shape carolina.Seeing same thing on the smaller seeded turkey plants as well.Was trying to get a combo of each.Dont know what to expect.carolina parent was 209 johnson and also used 157 bright as the donors to each both ways.Any insight is appreciated.

7/3/2012 10:00:55 PM

Bethlehem CT

I had that happen to me too. I grew a 103# Masterson Mt. Hoosier melon. It must have had some C.C genetics as some of the fruit it grew looked like Mt. Hoosiers and some were a really neat cross between the two. Exhibiting characteristics of both parents.

7/4/2012 9:19:41 AM