Watermelons

[Gardening Chef]

Should I remove the watermelons that are green and have no stripes? Crimson Sweet

 

[Meadowlark]

Picture please? Include the first tendril in the photo if you can.

I have never seen a Crimson Sweet green and without stripes.

 

[Gardening Chef]

There is actually three of them, still have good ones growing, cut out bad ones occasionally.

 

[Meadowlark]

Ok, it has stripes just not prominent ones. I'd say it isn't ripe and wait until you see that first tendril turn brown before picking it.

 

[Gardening Chef]

Didn't know if it would be detrimental to rest of them, thank you. I picked one Friday of last week, tendril was brown and brittle but there was only red in a clover shape and the rest was white.

 

[YumYum]

That doesn't look like any Crimson Sweet watermelon I've ever grown. They start round and stay round and are clearly striped. That one is oblong and somewhat striped on the right side. What do the other melons look like? There shouldn't be any "different" melons on the vine.

Watermelons Growing in San Diego- Crimson Sweet Variety

Growing Plants in Southern California

notaprettygarden.blogspot.com

 

[Gardening Chef]

The link you posted shows what they should look like

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

That doesn't look like any Crimson Sweet watermelon I've ever grown. They start round and stay round and are clearly striped. That one is oblong and somewhat striped on the right side. What do the other melons look like? There shouldn't be any "different" melons on the vine.

Watermelons Growing in San Diego- Crimson Sweet Variety

Growing Plants in Southern California

notaprettygarden.blogspot.com

That's a Charleston gray watermelon, im pretty sure.