Hello, just a little update! While not all of the plants did well, I do have a little jar full of seeds and it is very satisfying. Here’s a photo of it before I had everything in there, so there’s a bit more than that now.
A mix of blacks, browns, reddish, and the black cracked with white of the cekirdegi oyali, which did super well this year. The seeds are very beautiful and I found the fruit to have a very nice taste. Here they are:
I’ve collected some new varieties to add to the planting next year during my travels in the US and Canada. My plan is to plant my new mixed seeds, but also at least one or two of each of the new varieties to mix in there. I’m wondering if I should also plant one or two plants of the original varieties in the mix to give a chance to those that didn’t quite get to add their genes to the mix this past summer for one reason or another? Any opinions on that?
REMINDER: I try to choose varieties mostly that give smaller fruit as I don’t want huge ones. Besides that I’m trying to throw everything into the soup!
The new varieties (yes I’ve got a bit crazy ahah):
- sugar baby rush: https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-sugar-baby-bush
- wilson’s sweet: https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-wilson-s-sweet
- silver yamoto: https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-silver-yamato
- early girl (otome): https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-early-girl-otome
- lemon drop: https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-lemon-drop
- black jewel / kurokdama: https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-black-jewel-or-kurokodama
- osh kirgizia: Osh Kirgizia Watermelon – Truelove Seeds
- polish watermelon diverse mix: Polish Watermelon – Truelove Seeds I’m especially happy to mix this in!
- Sweet siberian: Sweet Siberian Watermelon Seeds - Grown in Nova Scotia — Annapolis Seeds
- Blacktail mountain watermelon: “one of the best for challenging climates. small fruit with red flesh”: Blacktail Mountain Watermelon Seeds — Annapolis Seeds
- White gold watermelon: also well suited to cool and coastal conditions White Gold Watermelon Seeds — Annapolis Seeds
- king and queen winter: rare variete that is got in Quebec that is resistant to cold and properly handled can store till December there King and Queen winter watermelon - Organic - Jardins de l'écoumène
I’ll also be participating in the Community project: Focus crops in Europe for watermelon, so I’m looking forward to sharing with the other members of that projet.