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  • From: Pam Twin Oaks <pam AT twinoaks.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Sun Jewel melons
  • Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:01:29 -0400

For several years we have happily grown Sun Jewel Asian melons. We like the earliness and the diversity it brings to our fruit offerings. This year it seems we need to cut them from the vines - can't wait till they slip. Deep in the past we had the same problem, but in recent years they slipped nicely. has anyone else had this situation?
Does anyone know of environmental factors that affect whether melons slip when ripe or not? This year we've had cooler, wetter weather than average, with a hotter than average week in mid-July. (I've stopped talking about "normal" weather.)

Pam, Twin Oaks, zone 7, central Virginia

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