Anyone know anything about Watermelons?

[ritter6788]

I have a stray vine growing in my back yard. It has about 6 fruits but some look normal and some are white, about 3 of each. They aren't very big but bigger than a large grapefruit. What does it mean if it's white? I've never seen melons that look like this.


This is what the others look like.

 

[MrDJeep123]

I know that they are delicious. It's a super rare strain that you should name after yourself and sell for $1000 per fruit.

I think it means they just didn't ripen.

 

[pgravis]

That stem looks more squash than melon. Pics of leaves? My dad grows a ton of heirloom melon varieties. If someone here can't name it, I'll ask him if he recognizes them.

 

[ReefMadScientist]

Stick it in your fish tank and sell it as some rare exotic coral. Someone will buy it.

 

[ritter6788]

That stem looks more squash than melon. Pics of leaves? My dad grows a ton of heirloom melon varieties. If someone here can't name it, I'll ask him if he recognizes them.

 

[pgravis]

Look up Charentais melons. Could be one of those. Which sound delicious!

 

[jtmojo]

It's a type of winter squash, looks like cha-cha.

 

[ritter6788]

It's a type of winter squash, looks like cha-cha.

That looks exactly like it! I assumed it was melons since we eat those in the back yard. I figured seeds were spit there. Deer must have deposited a seed for us there. They came up in the back yard and ate my wife's hibiscus too. I can't figure out any other way that a squash would grow in a random spot.

 

[MrDJeep123]

That stem looks more squash than melon. Pics of leaves? My dad grows a ton of heirloom melon varieties. If someone here can't name it, I'll ask him if he recognizes them.

I didn't think to ask about the leaves.

Watermelon leaves: