@@TurnYourHeadandScoff :), Here in our area gourds are widely used as a summer vegetable, bitter melon, sponge gourd, and bottle gourds are popular summer vegetables, our summer season is very long like 8 months of hot long days , Nice to see your gardening over there :)
@@Happyplants we have a very similar long season! Hopefully these vegetables will become more popular and normal here! I've found so many ways to use gourds in food dishes!
Haha "soilsista." How fun! I skipped this year for Wax Melon to make space for another gourd. I'm still eating last year's Wax Melon from the frozen stored food!
I’m glad you did this video. I see more advantages than before. I’m currently growing wax melon for curiosity but didn’t have a specific use for it planned out. I know what to do with it now. I’m in Louisiana at a slightly higher latitude The weather is similar to Houston; I lived there for nine years. Thanks.
Thank you for all of the information about wax melons. I look forward to trying to grow them this year. This will be a first for me so I look forward to seeing how they taste.
I just bought this from Rare seeds and came here to see if they were exaggerating. They weren't. Great video. One of these will last me a week. I love when they are fuzzy, the bugs won't bother them. I live in a very hot and wet area. I love squash I often dry them and freeze them. Thanks for sharing your amazing gourd.
I've been pleased! The seeds are difficult to start, but be patient. Honestly, if you have a long enough season outdoors, it's easiest to start them as a direct sow instead of in pots.
Thanks for the detailed information on the fruit. I’ll be trying to germinate my seeds this year (last year none came up). Hoping to get to your stage of maturity; 🙂
It took a very long time for these to sprout because the heat and moisture outside had to be perfectly timed. I could not force any to sprout indoors no matter which best practices I used, and I'd estimate the outdoor temperatures had to be above 90 degrees along with several days of seasonal rains followed by a period of no rain before these seeds sprouted. This is the pattern I saw after several years growing.
Thanks! I have definitely found my edible gourds, Roselle, Cinnamon Basil, Flamingo Feather Celosia, and Sorghum had excellent crops despite the drought and heat. They'll all be given more room next year!
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff Thanks, we are now suffering the rains: today, hopefully, is the last day. The drought is now coming. I have some of these planted. I will check the others you recommend, thanks.
hey, just stumbled upon this video. i have the same melons growing in my back yard here in DFW. I'm on my second harvest however, some of the melons have a large pale soft patch on them. Any idea what that could be?
At my house, the only time this happened was when melons were growing in the sun. My guess at the time was sun scald. I did have to compost those melons or feed them to the chickens if they didn't have too much rot on the other side. If the fruits are covered naturally by the vine's leaves, then this is less likely to happen.
I can't. They usually don't fall off the vine, but they will tear the panel down with the weight in Houston's high wind storms. Often I try to keep the vines running less than 3' off the ground so the fruit can grow and eventually be supported on the ground toward the end of their growth when the skin is tougher. Alternatively, I will cut the melons off at about 10-15 pounds and immediately skin, cube, and freeze for later cooking.
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff that makes sense, my nylon trellis is hanging above my head and the Giant Black Gourd that I tied up with paracord sideways is embedding itself into the gourd. Next time, I will run the vine against my 5ft galvanized fence and let the fruit rest on the ground. Thanks for the idea.
In southeast asia it can be easily grown..but the outer feature is a little bit different..it has whitish powdery texture hard skin and quite hard to peel..most of the time people only scrapped out the white and leave the skin attached to the content..most asian people also like to mix it with chicken or meat and taste better when it is in rainy season
Oh that's very interesting about the rain! Yes, mine get more "waxy" when they are older, but often the fruit gets too heavy if the vine climbs a panel to get to the age it should for long term storage (the waxy/white coat and hard skin).
I love wax or winter melon in pho soup. If anyone looking for seeds, I saved mine from a slice of fresh winter melon from Asian store several years ago.
Sorry I missed your comment! I have had amazing luck sourcing from Baker Creek. Now, I harvest about 90% of my seeds from my own garden to improve my success in the next year!
good, We also have very hot weather here, gourds and melons grow best here in our area
I've really enjoyed growing gourds. I can't recommend then enough, but I haven't convinced anyone locally to try them!
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff :), Here in our area gourds are widely used as a summer vegetable, bitter melon, sponge gourd, and bottle gourds are popular summer vegetables, our summer season is very long like 8 months of hot long days , Nice to see your gardening over there :)
@@Happyplants we have a very similar long season! Hopefully these vegetables will become more popular and normal here! I've found so many ways to use gourds in food dishes!
WoW.. Never heard of Wax Melons and they are huge!
Because I don't really care for these or water them, they are actually on the small side! How crazy is that?
Great video SoilSista! Just dropped our wax melon seeds last week. Hope we still have time to get a good crop. Thanks for sharing ❤
Haha "soilsista." How fun! I skipped this year for Wax Melon to make space for another gourd. I'm still eating last year's Wax Melon from the frozen stored food!
I’m glad you did this video. I see more advantages than before. I’m currently growing wax melon for curiosity but didn’t have a specific use for it planned out. I know what to do with it now. I’m in Louisiana at a slightly higher latitude The weather is similar to Houston; I lived there for nine years.
Thanks.
Thank you for all of the information about wax melons. I look forward to trying to grow them this year. This will be a first for me so I look forward to seeing how they taste.
It seems it grew great for you even though you did not mention any pruning of the side shoot vines. Thank you!
I just bought this from Rare seeds and came here to see if they were exaggerating. They weren't. Great video. One of these will last me a week. I love when they are fuzzy, the bugs won't bother them. I live in a very hot and wet area. I love squash I often dry them and freeze them. Thanks for sharing your amazing gourd.
I've been pleased! The seeds are difficult to start, but be patient. Honestly, if you have a long enough season outdoors, it's easiest to start them as a direct sow instead of in pots.
Very cool
Thanx for the tutorial!
Well formatted for information.
It does encourage me to try this for my main new experiment this next year.👍
Fascinating!!
Thanks for the detailed information on the fruit. I’ll be trying to germinate my seeds this year (last year none came up). Hoping to get to your stage of maturity; 🙂
It took a very long time for these to sprout because the heat and moisture outside had to be perfectly timed. I could not force any to sprout indoors no matter which best practices I used, and I'd estimate the outdoor temperatures had to be above 90 degrees along with several days of seasonal rains followed by a period of no rain before these seeds sprouted. This is the pattern I saw after several years growing.
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff very helpful to know! Thanks.
Awesome thank you, I never heard of them
hello, I have some that just sprouted and was wondering about how many giant gourds should I grow on one plant?
I read its flavor is like watermelon rind. Horses love watermelon rind so I was wondering, can this be fed to horses?
These are in the same family of foods, but I don't know anything about horse diets, sorry!
drought has been awful. great video
Thanks! I have definitely found my edible gourds, Roselle, Cinnamon Basil, Flamingo Feather Celosia, and Sorghum had excellent crops despite the drought and heat. They'll all be given more room next year!
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff Thanks, we are now suffering the rains: today, hopefully, is the last day. The drought is now coming. I have some of these planted. I will check the others you recommend, thanks.
hey, just stumbled upon this video. i have the same melons growing in my back yard here in DFW. I'm on my second harvest however, some of the melons have a large pale soft patch on them. Any idea what that could be?
At my house, the only time this happened was when melons were growing in the sun. My guess at the time was sun scald. I did have to compost those melons or feed them to the chickens if they didn't have too much rot on the other side. If the fruits are covered naturally by the vine's leaves, then this is less likely to happen.
Yes it did
Wax melon contains a lot of water and is suitable for soup or stew.
Hello, how do you support them on the vine. My melons are snapping off the vine.
I can't. They usually don't fall off the vine, but they will tear the panel down with the weight in Houston's high wind storms. Often I try to keep the vines running less than 3' off the ground so the fruit can grow and eventually be supported on the ground toward the end of their growth when the skin is tougher. Alternatively, I will cut the melons off at about 10-15 pounds and immediately skin, cube, and freeze for later cooking.
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff that makes sense, my nylon trellis is hanging above my head and the Giant Black Gourd that I tied up with paracord sideways is embedding itself into the gourd. Next time, I will run the vine against my 5ft galvanized fence and let the fruit rest on the ground. Thanks for the idea.
In southeast asia it can be easily grown..but the outer feature is a little bit different..it has whitish powdery texture hard skin and quite hard to peel..most of the time people only scrapped out the white and leave the skin attached to the content..most asian people also like to mix it with chicken or meat and taste better when it is in rainy season
Oh that's very interesting about the rain! Yes, mine get more "waxy" when they are older, but often the fruit gets too heavy if the vine climbs a panel to get to the age it should for long term storage (the waxy/white coat and hard skin).
I love wax or winter melon in pho soup. If anyone looking for seeds, I saved mine from a slice of fresh winter melon from Asian store several years ago.
That's so smart!
Hi Kristen, why have you stop uploading? Are you doing well?
Anche io sono curioso provare questa varietà di meloni?
Sembrano molto buone!
Where do you get your seeds?
Sorry I missed your comment! I have had amazing luck sourcing from Baker Creek. Now, I harvest about 90% of my seeds from my own garden to improve my success in the next year!