Few updates
Last night, I noticed that the second Borneo cucumber had started to go moldy on top (I was afraid it might, when dad harvested is, he picked it way too far down the stem (I tend to like to leave a little stem on ones I plan to keep, as the dying stem provides a block to any fungi or germs that might get in the broken part. So I had to open it and get the seeds.
Whether I got good seeds or not I honestly can't tell a this point. The gunk I pulled out is currently too foggy/misty for me to get a clear look at any of seeds (I can see they are there, but can't tell their state of maturity).
I HOPE there are a few good seeds, compared to the last one, I managed to get a bit more of this one into my mouth, and this one tasted a lot better than the first one did (reasonably crispy with a nice lemony-melon-y balance to it. And if I DIDN'T get good seed from it, I can only hope that another seed from the same parent fruit is in the last packet of seed I got from the original seller (I got four and planted three last year, in case of total crop failure)
I was over at Green's (formerly Mrs. Green's), our local organic market/health food store chain. Primarily, I was interested in some good fruit (as well as casing out any new bottled beverages that might have showed up) as the fruit I'd gotten the day before and earlier were not pleasing (the blood oranges were a strain I found both too weak AND too bitter in taste, and the mandarins from yesterday are too sour.) I didn't actually FIND that much in the way of fruit (the days when they had excellent small production citrus are long gone). However, on one table they had three miniature watermelons (each marked as being from a different supplier) I took one (the other two were marked as seedless, and I know seeded melons taste better generally and brought it home (I was so committed to it I even agreed to still take it after the woman in front of us knocked it off the checkout counter and cracked it.
I have now consumed between 2/3 and 3/4 of it. It's okay, though only the core is really sweet (it is however, SUPER juicy; my shirt front was SOAKED by the time I was done.
As for seeds, it's a little hard to tell. Originally, I was finding the odd tiny tan seed, so I assumed this was a tiny seeded melon (like the one I grow) However, as I was cutting it, one larger, black seed showed up (the knife nicked the seed coat, but seems to have done no damage to the insides, so it is probably still viable). So I am inclined to think the tiny ones are aborted seeds, and that this was also supposed to be a seedless watermelon that happened to get one or more seeds going (since I haven't eaten the whole melon yet, I can't say if any additional seeds are in the chunk still left to go.)
I also got an odd looking squash (possibly hybrid) that might be of seed interest. Color wise, it's an acorn (which is what it was being sold as), but it's very long and thin, almost more Delica or Zucchini shaped (if Zucchini had ridges).
You shocked the plant and it went to seed.
Hey, plants have feelings too ya know.
Lettuce for instance.
