easy grow Review by Unknown
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fun to grow. a snap to know when ripe. they slip right from the vine or fall off if grown on trelis. big yields. small vines. i grew them on a trelis and saved space in the garden for bigger melons. winner at the farmers market. people loved their small size and sweet flesh. perfect for one person or children..
(Posted on 12/6/09)
Review by Unknown
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My family thought these were sweet! By mid summer these were covered with cucumber beetles and powdery mildew like everything else in my garden. They put up a good fight and produced many sweet little melons till there was not one green leaf left on the plant!.
(Posted on 3/5/10)
good yield, poor flavor Review by Unknown
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I've grown these for two summers now. We have a problem with cucumber beetles in SW PA and every summer is a struggle to grow melons as a result. The first summer these plants seemed to last longer than the watermelon plants against the wilt and produced quite a few miniature melons before succumbing. They smelled wonderful and come of the vine almost on their own when ripe. They were juicy and bright orange on the inside but the taste was very bland which was a disappointment. We will get a week or two if nonstop rain then hot sunny weather for weeks. Last year I had the same battle and used row covers so that the plants lasted a lot longer before dying from
the wilt and mildew this time and they produced a lot of mellons before dying though the taste was the same, bland. We had a very wet and cool summer so this may have had something to do with it, but two years in a row of very bland fruit makes me think I won't grow these again as it's just too difficult in my area to get a good flavor out of them..
(Posted on 1/31/10)
good early melon Review by blujen
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This melon is always earliest to ripen, but i do get longer vines than mentioned in most descriptions, the plant itself isn't any smaller than any of my other melons. The fruit averaged 1.5 pounds for me, with the largest at 2.6 pounds. The early fruit are very sweet, without much taste, but once the heat hits they get a lot better flavor and texture. If you don't get at least two weeks of good hot weather, they never really taste like more than sugary sweet, but once they've had that kinda heat, theyre very good for the rest of the season.
(Posted on 3/22/10)
strange fruit Review by dharma_bean
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I planted these seeds for the first time this year and trellised them on a tepee. They produced small fruit with green speckled skin and a pale green flesh. Nothing like the picture shown. It isn't sweet and tastes more like a cucumber. The flesh is soft though so I'm sure they are ripe. I can only guess they sent the wrong seeds in the packet or something. Super bummed!.
(Posted on 7/28/10)
Sweet Melon for Southern Arizona Review by Unknown
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I tried these this year looking for an early melon. I got them. Some melons were a bit larger than I expected. Who cares? I was after "Early." I got it. Sweet and tasty too.
They did okay through our 103-108 degree pre-monsoon heat with some mulch and a little shade from our Mesquite tree.
I planted these in two old bee boxes--two vines to a 14 X 18 X 9 1/2" high. I expected short vines. The vines were longer than four feet. I'm planting these again but next time on a trellis..
(Posted on 8/5/10)
Must have for mellon lovers Review by Unknown
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Expect plant size to be more like what you would expect from your regular sized muskmelon. They are a mid to heavy producer, start early, and at least for me, do a good job of spacing the harvest right up until the cold weather starts to set in.
Surveying myself, my family and friends, this melon had the best taste rating of any of the melons I grew this year, though it was neck in neck with a few others. The taste is along the lines of what you would expect from a good "cantaloupe".
Harvest is also very easy with these - no struggling to figure out when they're ready. You'll start to see some orange show through the shell and they will properly "slip" off the vine - just the slightest of tugs and they'll break free if they're ready - assuming they don't just fall off on their own..
(Posted on 9/30/10)
Exceeded my expectations Review by Unknown
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we had a long cold spring,so got a late start.
Didn't think I'd have any ripe.
Surprise,surprise!
Got a lot of them.
Definitely the one for short season areas..
(Posted on 10/3/10)
Great for small garden Review by Diane
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Cute little melon will grow trellised in a very small space. we didn't get tremendous production, but we may have crowded the plants too much. Drier conditions produce a sweeter melon. .
(Posted on 12/21/10)
Many Fruits but Darn Powdery Mildew and Wilt Review by JenRed
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This melon started out slow here in the Pacific Northwest. Tried them in low tunnel in ground and in very large pots in hoop house. Well, Just as the fruit started showing up.....so did powdery mildew and wilt in the hoop house. Those in the ground are still struggling - no sign of fruit but lots of blossoms now that we had a few hot days..
(Posted on 8/25/11)
Small but Quick Review by Madcarpenter
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Grew MN Midget successfully this year in NW Oregon. The fruits were all about the size of a cue ball, green skinned, not netted, 4-5 per vine. They slipped easily from the compact vines when ripe, and were extremely fragrant in the garden. At just 60-65 days after transplant, easily the fastest ripening (and smallest) melon I've tried. Flavor of its sweet orange flesh was excellent. Grow another later variety with these to extend 'melon season', as all of the 'Midgets' seemed to ripen at once..
(Posted on 9/28/11)
Even in Seattle it grew! Review by TarynK
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This is one of the few melons we can grow in Seattle with our short season. Mine were a little stunted in size, but had great flavor!.
(Posted on 12/6/11)
