>>837682And finally a pic of the 5th one sliced open (medium one of 2.5kg)
After all I'm rating my first watermelon experiment as semi-success
The variety I plnted (Red Star F1) has apparently been selected for early ripening so that it also grows in cooler regions of Germoni (there it probably would ripen in Sep/Oct) but has relatively low yield.
So for me in a very favourable microclimate on the Upper Rhine, it's been sort of a waste and I could have gotten more out of the season with a different later, but bigger, variety, so it can use the remaining late summer/early autumn heat too.
Next year I think I'm gonna try Crimson Red, even if it means an October harvest, but it'll be bigger
