Rockmelon – The verdict
Hmm...... sweet melons. Quick! Lick your screen.
From a range of 1-5, I give halogen melon a 4.5. Why you ask? Firstly, the melon is mind-blowingly sweet. In fact, I have never eaten any as sweet as the ones I’ve grown. Secondly, it’s the smell from the fruit – it fills the kitchen up with a nice, light scent of melon-ly goodness, ever so lightly reminding me of summer. And the flora fragrant continues to carry through to the fruit – it leaves a nice after taste in the mouth!
Lastly, I really like it because it such a compact melon plant. In urban vegetable gardening, space is a very valuable resource. You really don’t want to grow a crop that slow to grow and takes up a mammoth about of space. In Melon terms, you really don’t want one with lots of runners and produce a few pieces of fruit. Halogen melons are compact and produce quite a good crop of melons. I have 2 main melon growing, producing 9 melons all in different sizes. Xavier is already asking my how many melon plants am I planning to grow next season. And I think it sums up how good the melons are, issn’t it!
P.S: I have seeds to give out for the next season! If you want some just leave a comment and I will get back you.
This melon looks so beautiful, with its glowing green exterior blushed with sunshine inside. I wish we had smellavision…great description of the fruit!
I’d love to try some of your seeds and share back something with you…I have lots of heirloom tomatoes, don’t know if you might be interested? I’ve been searching for compact melon varieties and this one appears to be a winner! Glad I found this site!
Hello Jennifer!
I would love to do some seed swapping! Just the other day, Hev and I was talking about purchase some tomato seeds but I guess there is no need for that now! I will send you an email shortly, asking for your postal address.
Hi Corinne
I was chasing up melons after Gardening Australia’s story on
heirloom veggies last night (1 May) and I would love to get some seeds of Ha-Ogen if you have enough. My best compact veg this season has been my Table King Acorn pumpkin. This produced two crops of fruit, one started before the mid-summer heatwave and another once the worst of the heat had passed. I have some seeds if you are interested in a swap.
Anyway having found your blog I’ll be dropping by more often.
Regards
Hi votedwithourforks,
I have plenty of melon seeds to swap! I have never tired growing pumpkins and would love to give it a shot this summer, now that you entice me! Will send you an email shortly.