winter melon

srin2 · Dec 13, 2010

this is my winter melon. it just started fruiting.
here is its flowers

and its fruits/vege

kiddc · Dec 13, 2010

wow! How many plants do you actually have?

Looks really cool and i like winter melon

srin2 · Dec 13, 2010

kiddc said:
wow! How many plants do you actually have?

Looks really cool and i like winter melon

i think there are 2 main winter melon plants which is taking over my back fencing.

siling_labuyo · Dec 14, 2010

nice! i didn't know that the flower looks like that. I just started my melons 2 weeks ago.

did you manually pollinate the flowers or did the insects did that for you?

srin2 · Dec 14, 2010

siling_labuyo said:
nice! i didn't know that the flower looks like that. I just started my melons 2 weeks ago.

did you manually pollinate the flowers or did the insects did that for you?

well the insects did it for me.. thats why, i have about 20 flowers all over only 2 fruits are there.

srin2 · Feb 20, 2011

i have already harvested 2 melons. each more the 2 kgs. Currently waiting to harvest another one. It looks like the vines and my fencing cannot take its weight anymore.

siling_labuyo · Feb 20, 2011

our winter melon here is oval-shaped.

srin2 · Feb 20, 2011

siling_labuyo said:
our winter melon here is oval-shaped.

we have those variety here too. my aunty has some at her place. i have seen the oval ones grow big and long.

siling_labuyo · Feb 20, 2011

srin2 said:
we have those variety here too. my aunty has some at her place. i have seen the oval ones grow big and long.

yup that's the one we have here. so your wintermelon is the rare type?

how do you prepare your melons?

srin2 · Feb 28, 2011

siling_labuyo said:
yup that's the one we have here. so your wintermelon is the rare type?

how do you prepare your melons?

hi siling ,sorry for late reply.

my winter melon is not a rare type. its one of the common ones here.

well usually my wife cooks it in a chicken soup. we also cook it in a lentil curry.

so how do you cook it over there ?

siling_labuyo · Feb 28, 2011

srin2 said:
hi siling ,sorry for late reply.

my winter melon is not a rare type. its one of the common ones here.

well usually my wife cooks it in a chicken soup. we also cook it in a lentil curry.
so how do you cook it over there ?

yummy curry.

same here. usually added in soups but the candied wintermelon(kundol) is more popular.

franzb69 · Feb 28, 2011

that or we just 'em fresh.

srin2 · Feb 28, 2011

siling_labuyo said:
yummy curry.

same here. usually added in soups but the candied wintermelon(kundol) is more popular.

we have those candied winter melon here too. white dry pieces. super sweet... i can't touch 'em. hehe

srin2 · Feb 28, 2011

franzb69 said:
that or we just 'em fresh.

fresh ?? without cooking.... so how do have it?? any recipes ?

franzb69 · Mar 1, 2011

fresh ?? without cooking.... so how do have it?? any recipes ?

fresh, as in raw. as is. no cooking. =D

srin2 · Mar 1, 2011

franzb69 said:
fresh, as in raw. as is. no cooking. =D

but its not sweet...
so you dice them ? hmm soak them in some sweet cream ?
etc.

franzb69 · Mar 1, 2011

i seem to remember the ones that i've had are sweet. but i was never really fond of melons.

srin2 · Mar 1, 2011

franzb69 said:
i seem to remember the ones that i've had are sweet. but i was never really fond of melons.

hmm i am guessing those were not winter melons...
they could be honey dew melon, rock melon....etc.. those are sweet and eaten raw.

siling_labuyo · Mar 22, 2011

srin2 said:
hmm i am guessing those were not winter melons...
they could be honey dew melon, rock melon....etc.. those are sweet and eaten raw.

from what I remember, the wintermelons we tasted are not sweet but rather bland.

I finally got some wintermelon flowers. unfortunately, all are males.

i wonder if i can cross this with cukes?

siling_labuyo · Mar 24, 2011

srin,

finally got a female flower this morning. I manually pollinated it. Hope it will develop fruit.