# \#kiwano

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## [Direct sown melons and watermelons in southern Finland 2025, with special guest kiwano](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/direct-sown-melons-and-watermelons-in-southern-finland-2025-with-special-guest-kiwano/3975)

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**Author:** [@JesseI](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JesseI)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/direct-sown-melons-and-watermelons-in-southern-finland-2025-with-special-guest-kiwano/3975 "2026-04-06T06:39:11Z")

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Finally got melons and watermelons in the ground. Weather still isn’t really optimum for them, but there doesn’t seem to be any better in the forecast for the next 2 weeks. It should be good weather to test their toleran…

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## [Thomas cucurbits' summer 2025](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/thomas-cucurbits-summer-2025/3928)

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**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\
**Replies:** 113\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/thomas-cucurbits-summer-2025/3928 "2026-01-13T19:03:31Z")

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Here’s the ground prepared. Couldn’t do a cover crop last autumn (international gathering and stuff… Too busy…) so I went for rototilling the weedy land (11th of April), followed by one whole day of rotovator yesterday, …

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## [Cucumber (C. sativus) x Muskmelon (C. melo) Hybrids by using Kiwano (C. metuliferus) as Bridge Species Possible?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucumber-c-sativus-x-muskmelon-c-melo-hybrids-by-using-kiwano-c-metuliferus-as-bridge-species-possible/2055)

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**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucumber-c-sativus-x-muskmelon-c-melo-hybrids-by-using-kiwano-c-metuliferus-as-bridge-species-possible/2055 "2024-08-29T11:59:28Z")

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I’d Love to get y’all Inputs on this Idea, Have y’all tried it? I feel like there’s a 3-way Hybrid Swarm just waiting to happen by using Mentor Pollination Technique. C. melo x C. metuliferus are Partially Compatible! C…