I love bitter melon soup. But I am only used to eating a variety with large pale green melons.
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Mine are medium size more like you see in Indian grocery store. Eating these since from childhood and you know not everyone can eat these.
Yes, I see the kind you grow in our Indian groceries here. It is believed that bitter melons contain medicinal property. Of course, many of my friends can’t handle its bitterness. I like it.
I will save seeds for next year and can send you if you want to try these.
Thank you very much. But I don’t have space for vines, unfortunately.
@TNHunter I planted the Rosy Gage in either 2013 or 2014. I got a single fruit in 2018, and the first real crop in 2019, none last year, lots this year. On Marianna 2624 from Raintree.
Mine grow really well, even on the north side of a north/south fence. They have been a challenge however because the bunnies find them very tasty. I have to pretty much fully wrap them to keep them safe and have 15+ more that don’t produce yet because they are not big enough. 4 are the same age but still small due to bun damage.
( most were propagated from pruning since these are super easy to do)
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Carrots making progress…
Roma II bush beans blooming now…
Clemson spineless and Jambalaya okra… the CS is not producing yet… but getting close.
Seedless concord… very good… without bags — bird food.
Big Beef hanging off the back of my cattle panel trellis… got the leaf blight as usual late summer… but still cranking out the fruit.
TNHunter
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Very nice growing Okra. I use to grow Okra every year except this year
Mine grows very tall like 6-8 feet , yours are very control sized . Is it a special way to keep them smaller?
That is a very good observation. I guess I was under the wrong impression that they will not ripen off of the Vine. Mine seem to be very hard and while I haven’t tasted one, I predict that they are very far from being raped, so I have not picked them yet. I guess I will try to pick them and then ripen them off of the plant. What conditions do you maintain them in to ripen them?
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@Naeem — the jambalia okra (got my seed hoss tools) is known to be a big producer… start putting on pods lower on the stalk and to have shorter distance between pods…
It produces a lot of fruit in less space without getting too tall.
The Clemson spineless… I just started after I pulled my corn… I do expect it to get taller and yes 7 ft or more is common.
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Thanks .That what I use to grow and now know for sure it can get taller. I will try jambalia next year.
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@Naeem … a warning on the jambalia… per the hoss tools guy some folks find it to be very itchy… or more itchy than your average okra.
Long sleeves while picking will help that.
I have not had to do that myself… l just keep it pruned so I can reach the pods easily.
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I just have them spread out in a tray on the counter and they are moving along fine. They were fully hard, as they have been for 2+ months with no change.
The critter would pick them off the vines, give a nibble and then drop them. After a day or two, they would ripen up on the ground. That’s been happening for over a month so it looks like they could be taken quite early.
I can’t notice any difference in the quality of the taste or texture between them done this way and the few, actual vine ripened ones we’ve had over the past couple of years.
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I got those in my backyard, i don’t know the name of the variety, but as you mention those are tart and are best for cooking and baking.
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Salavatski pomegranate 08-26-21 in ground no protection no die back.
Here is next chapter , I know in about next month and half all will get fungus rot and look like picture below 
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@PharmerDrewee I just picked Daisui li. It is ripe(black seeds) now. I don’t think I like it that much, lot of juice but no as crunch. The smaller one in front is daisui li. Does your daisui li look like this?
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Do you have other fruit or is that your only one? I’m thinking it’s ahead of the crowd, since my Shin Li are nowhere near ripening. My Daisui Li has not fruited yet. They should look something like this.
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Yes, I have other that still on the tree. Those in the shade are less yellow color, more on the green side. These two got a lot of sun
Color of the seeds
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