Growing Rockmelon, also Canteloupe

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03 Feb 18 james (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
tip when they are ready eat them
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05 Feb 18 Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The older varieties use to start turning yellow and they would pull away from the vine easy when ripening. And you could smell the rocky smell. Called slipping. The new varieties in the super markets don't do this so it is a bit of a guessing game. They have green skin and the flesh is tough. I grew some of the newer ones and around ripening time we had 5
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