Backyard Aquaponics
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That's where I was headed as well

No I didn't taste it Guys, I always thought they looked like Rock Melons (Cantalope) from the time the texture appeared on the skin they looked too much like a Cantalope and when I saw the seed pattern inside I was totally convinced they're Cantalope.

Compare the seed layout, both have 6 areas of seeds, I know it's very similar to a cucumber in the seed pattern but with the texture on the skin I'm sure it's a Cantalope. I've just had another look this morning and the skin texture is starting to open up a little more than the photo here.

Because I didn't know what too expect I was uncertain when they were smaller and their skin didn't have any texture but as soon as that texture arrived I didn't think had what I'd paid for.

Well if you're convinced then so am I . I've never cut one open young enough to see the green color like that

Scotty time will tell but the skin texture is starting to looking more and more like a Cantalope every day and the shape of the fruit is the same shape as a Cantalope. When you bang it the skin feels thicker and sounds like a Cantalope.

That eBay seller is no longer around and that eBay photo looks like a real miniature watermelon, possibly another eBay/photoshop scam?

There are few Chinese sellers using the same photo? Here's another seller with what I think would be closer too real thing and it does look more like a cucumber than a watermelon. I grew a few Kiwano in the wicking bed last year they are also known as the African horned cucumber.

http://www.wikihow.com/Eat-a-Kiwano-%28Horned-Melon%29

I'd like too know if there is in fact a miniature watermelon that looks and tastes like a real watermelon, do they really exist.

If there is and I can find the seeds locally I will have another crack but I DO NOT import any seeds into Australia, I let someone who has all the quarantine certificates and licenses in place do that and then I buy from them.

I enjoy the challenge of growing exotic fruit and and vegetables, I've got a Babaco growing in dirt on the back fence it's a Papaya relative that my father grew when I was kid about a 1/2 kilometre from here so I should be able to get fruit off it. It's only about 500mm - 600mm high at the moment and is a long way off fruiting, my father also grew Papino's, I currently have 2 growing in wicking pots, one I will transfer to the GB and see how it goes in aquaponics. I grew 10 in soil at the last house I owned and they grew brilliantly with loads of fruit, the two I have here in wicking pots have done well and have had plenty of fruit but haven't grown as tall as the bushes in soil at the old house.

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http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/207.htm

I tried growing Babaco long ago but it spent a week in the mail and came with fungal problems that I couldn't stop from rotting the roots . Sounded like it would be a hardier version of the Carica family, which, as you know, includes Papaya. Thought I might be able to keep it going long enough to get fruit but it gets too cold here for a Babaco to be outside all year and with all the problems I decided to use the space for something else rather than order another.

Yeah Scotty they don't like too much water, this guy was given to me and the people who gave it to me visit quite often and check it out so I need to make sure it survives, it's doubled in size since they gave it to me and they're happy with it's progress.

We also have a Calamansi Cumquat that I have done absolutely nothing toward it's up keep at all, no fertiliser whatsoever it's just grown on it's own, it has fruit on the tree all year round. My wife is a Filipina and she uses the fruit in cooking, also drinks it as a juice before the fruit ripens, they call it Calamansi it's one of their favourite drinks in the Philippines, she uses it instead of lemons with her Tequila, squeezes it into water for dish washing detergent, and sells a few kilos of the fruit at Bingo every week. It's her baby and I keep right away from it, she can't reach the fruit on the top of tree and I've offered to buy her a fruit picking aid but she doesn't want it, she says she'll get up there when she needs too.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/inde ... d=49849526

She buys a lot Choko so we've planted one to see how it goes, it's another plant that doesn't like wet feet. I'll run a few strands of wire along the fence for that grow on and we'll see how that goes. We're trying to grow plants that are suitable for warmer climates in a temperate climate and the success rate isn't always very high. Good drainage plays a big part in some of these plants from warmer climates, I tried growing a Choko early last year but over watered it and lost, this one I wont touch and avoid any marital problems.

http://www.gardenate.com/plant/Choko~Chayote