Alvaro - my replacement for Savor
This one is going to be tricky - the stem suture is opening, but it’s not quite ready to slip
Will leave it overnite
4 Likes
when I grafted the watermelon onto pumpkin I also did Petite Gris the same way just out of fun and curiosity. For me they grew much quicker when young but now that fruit are getting ready to pick I don’t notice any advantage. But obviously it looks like I can grow petite gris on my soil so maybe, if you cannot but you can grow pumpkins, it may have advantages.
Petite Gris sets lots of fruit, 8 in this shot not all will make it to full ripeness.
Almost ready
8 Likes
That one is green-ripe?
1 Like
Perfection!
1 Like
yes it stays green when ripe, I have never grown melons so I am hoping that Petite Gris is like the other ones and will slip off the vine easily when ready.
1 Like
Melons can sure be tricky
I grow galias instead of honeydews because the color change is so clear and the slip so easy
3 Likes
Galia is my favorite melon. Very fragrant/sweet… I need to grow those again…i did years ago… Need more room.
2 Likes
I have found out today that Petite Gris does not slip off the vine when ripe. I picked one today and it was well over ripe and I had to cut it off the vine. The next one I cut off was just right. So vine slippage ( is that a word?? LOL) is not a good indicator for this melon, for me.
2 Likes
I’ve been picking Dae Jang Geum Hybrid melons. I always seem to pick them before fully ripe. They turn yellow and take weeks to finish apparently. Still good eating, but I’m not comparing them to a fully ripe one as I haven’t let it do so long enough.
Maybe this one? The green stripes on this one have lightened a lot. Photo evidence to compare once I try this one. In the fridge.
Processing: IMG_20230714_125642.jpg…
6 Likes
Really loving how this Charentais melon let’s you know when it’s ready. Turns from green to yellow in just a few days then separates easily.
4 Likes
Where did you get your seeds. that is not a French Charentais, if they turn yellow they are a goner! They are very small. Probably no more than 6-7 inches wide. Very sweet and very orange flesh. I think you have a variety of Canary melon. There are quite a few yellow melons.
3 Likes
It’s a bit of a mystery then. Definitely not a canary melon. Wrong shape and ribbing.
I bought my seed from True Leaf Market.
I thought between these two melons, one is Charentais or Petit Gris de Rennes. See additional photo (Petit Gris?).
The fruit in the previous post when picked yellow is perfectly ripe. A nice tasting cantaloupe flavor. Nothing special but easier to pick ripe than guessing at a store for cantaloupe.
Here is a photo of the Charentais from True Leaf Market website, showing yellowing on the outside.
The next photo is what I think is a Petit Gris de Rennes. I pulled one last week green and it was underripe and I threw it out. This one was just showing some color then we had rain yesterday and I didn’t catch it until it split.
Haven’t tasted it yet.
3 Likes
It looks cross pollinated. Charentais are very small and incredibly sweet. No yellow, unless left in the field to rot. Also it is not a squat or oval melon it is round, your looks like a cross.
1 Like
What I have been assuming are the Charentais are the ones in the earlier photo on the vine. I guess round is a relative term. I’d call them round and obviously ribbed.
Next year I will actually mark down what I grow where. These were all an afterthought and I didn’t pay much attention to them.
I’ve actually seeded another variety that mast have time to finish before first frost.
Aspire F1.
I’ll know where that one is planted!
1 Like
You must plant your melons 20 feet apart from other melons, zucchini, or other squashes or gourds, if notbtheybwill cross pollinate.
1 Like
I haven’t planted the F1 yet…
1 Like
I’m not planning on using the seeds for next year so cross pollination doesn’t matter. It has no affect on the melons on the vine.
Unless the seeds I received from the supplier were not controlled…
1 Like
The first photo is Charentais, gone ripe. That’s the color change, from green to tan. Never seen one gone bright yellow.
3 Likes
Well this one consistently goes yellow outside so perhaps it’s just not a pure Charentais.
1 Like