A 1st for me

I love watermelon, but I've never tried to grow them before. I used to have mixed success with passionfruit and sometimes ended up with some beauties! Unfortunately though, more times than not I ended up with a rambling growth that upset my neighbours because it would grow over the fence and into their yard. It's been such a long time since I've had a garden, but when I get back to Australia, I'd like to try and grow herbs mainly and maybe some chillies and berries! Good luck with your watermelon's Grandpa Bob!

Hmmm the last thing I grew that I never tried before was pumpkins. That was about 9 years ago. They did quite well. They were started from seed. Love the teeny melon. It is adorable. I hope it does get large enough to enjoy.

My son actually did the planting this year. New this year is pumpkins but my grandson planted them, I hope he gets some nice ones. We are going to make a pie, he is 4 years old. your baby watermelon sure is a cutie, I hope it continues to get bigger and bigger and ripe to eat.

Hi Grandpa Bob.. Goodluck with the watermelons. And the photo you uploaded was cute. 3 years ago, my cousin and planted papaya seeds. But the outcome wasn't beautiful. The tree grew ok but the fruits didn't. It will just produce two to three papaya that were smaller with the photo you uploaded. And they will just fall off. We had luck with one fruit that was slightly larger and used it for Chicken Tinola. It's a Filipino recipe. It's a dish made from chicken, unripe papaya, and sili leaves. After that one fruit, the tree started to die.

We tried watermelon for the first time a few years ago. Only one ever grew and it did not get much bigger than a softball. Talk about disappointing. I hope your watermelon do a little bit better than mine did.

Let´s hope it grows, granpa Bob! AS it is, it´s just beautiful! Congratulations!. Many years ago I was elated when I had my first homegrown eggplants. They are SO beautiful too!!! Take care