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.