mystery vine produces tiny 'watermelons'
redpoppy215
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Growing Mystery Seedless Watermelon--Will I Need Pollinator?
Comments (10)Your question is complex. In general the seeds from seedless watermelons are not going to work well. Seedless watermelon seeds can be purchased. They are Triploid. Three sets of genes. Basically difficult to grow. But it can be done. When growing you need regular pollen from a normal watermelon to fertilize the seedless variety. They try to form seeds but they mix a triploid with a diploid. Because of this the seeds do not form. Well mostly they do not form. Also the melon around the seed stays firm. Which is good. So you saved some seeds of this triploid diploid mix. What will you get. Who knows. usually nothing because they will try to form seeds that will most likely not grow or form. But with luck who knows what you have and what you will get. It is a long shot. but you might get something. If you get some triploid pollen onto a triploid female you might wind up with seedless triploid watermelon seeds. But it is not suppose to work. Everything is suppose to die. The easy way is to buy known seeds. The experts purposely cross diploids with tetraploids to make triploids. Two triploids are not suppose to work. It is a mess with lots of sterility and death. Part of your problem is that the seeds you have were generated only HALF from Seedless watermelon. The other half of those seeds is regular diploid watermelon seeds. So you dont really have seedless watermelon seeds. You only have half of your seeds come from seedless watermelon genetics. the other half of the seed comes from unknown regular watermelon seeds used to pollenate the seedless plants. I would not bother growing the plants from seedless watermelons. Unless you have lots of acres of land to experiment with....See MoreMy Mystery Vine
Comments (2)Mystery solved! Finally I can have a good sleep now. LOL That's good to know because I would of never guessed it in a million years. I notice Gardens North sells the seed if yours don't produce blue berries then Gil. SMILAX herbacea Smooth Carrion Flower 90-270cm Zone: 3 Here is a unique and attractive climber for the shade garden, almost unknown in commerce. Native to moist woods, thickets and meadows from Manitoba to the Maritimes and into the USA. This uncommon native vine climbs over other vegetation in the wild by means of tendrils. Foliage is clean and lovely; leaves ovate to heart-shaped, looking good all season and turning yellow in autumn. Clusters of intricate tiny green-white flowers form in a ball at the end of a flattened flower stalk in spring. These are followed by showy, large clusters of dark blue berries hanging on long pedicels, creating a very elegant effect. While it would be happiest (and grow tallest) in the woodland garden, it will adapt quite nicely to nearly full sun in average garden soil. Seed wild collected in Ontario. Germination Instructions: Cold treatment required. Sharon...See MoreMystery Vine
Comments (3)Pictures would be great, or can you describe the leaves, how it climbs, etc.? Alternatively, you could take a stem to a local nursery and see if they know what it is. Very curious! Jim...See MoreTiny succulent vine - what is it?
Comments (2)Likely it's Peperomia prostrata, I like the patterned foliage. I can see mistaking it for a CW (which I also grow), or even a DIschidia, but it's a Pep. Should the plant start producing long, thin, upright growths, don't be concerned, those are its flowers. Great find, I would have scooped it up too, enjoy....See Moreredpoppy215
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