Thanks for that idea. I had to search that one, had never heard of them. My wife has taken 1/4 of last year’s detached okra garden to plant Zinnias for her cut flower arraignments. We may still put something in the main garden, I have some watermelon seeds that I wanted to plant. It’s not too late for them according to what I read.
I have entirely different gardening conditions in Wisconsin, but I’ve had great luck with the “baby” watermelons. They are just the right size for a couple, or small family, and they ripen in our short summers. So sweet! I’ve had them self sow and come back a 2nd year.
Last summer the heat wave hit in May before the plants could get established. This year the cool weather is holding things up. That’s why I started the stuff indoors this year, hoping that by the time to transplant, they will be at a decent size, and the weather will not be too cool.
Also, I have through experiments settled on the Sugar Baby Watermelon as my main watermelon due to rather short days to maturity of 75 days. Plus it doesn’t take up too much room in the Refrigerator, and we usually don’t have leftovers after cutting into it. Great flavor is of course the first requirement.
The Minnesota Midget is a 60 day to maturity canteloupe that has done well for me. The vine peach grows like crazy, but it is rather bland to eat as is. Better when worked into a pie or something. Both are just right for an individual serving. A larger canteloupe that I like is Iroquois.
Of course these are all heirloom/open pollinated.