We crossed 25 watermelon varieties and got this!

...and do it four years in a row!

Today we harvest watermelons in the Grocery Row Garden and take a look at Ezekiel's landrace melons in 2024.

[davidthegood]

Thank you for watching!




This project has been way too much fun.

[boortzfan]

You should be proud of your son. He sounds so intelligent when he talks.

[rockycanyonchorin]

We love watching you father your babies. BRAVO. God bless your family David!

[teresaedwards]

Soothes my soul to see a kid outside, and then enjoying growing food on of that! Hope for the future, good job mom and dad.

[throughmylens]

Best watermelon and cantaloupe harvest I ever had was when we threw leftover seeds on a quarter acre and forgot about it. Hauled loads to town

[rbrack]

When your son said "watermelon and cream cheese" I laughed as my wife is Greek, and she loves watermelon and Halloumi Cheese. The Cheese can be salty and seems to go well with watermelon. She got me hooked on it.

[momcomputer]

Great seeing the results but I would have appreciated seeing the family sit down and taste test some of the very different ones and add their opinions.

[JBPowell-ym]

Mixing watermelons is like a box of chocolates lol

[lw]

What a great young man... best thing you've ever grown!

[kathleensanderson]

I think it's good to have both small and large watermelons -- small families (like the two people in my household) can use a small melon, while large families like yours may want the big melons. So keep going, and keep growing!

[Alaytheia]

You cannot keep us all suspense like that.We must know what every one of those tastes like! Lol
💖✌️😃

[MississippiHomesteadJourney]

The watermelon pattern would make a great camoflauge pattern! lol
I got to talk with Ezekiel at the first Scrubfest almost two years ago. He was very smart and knowledgeable about gardening even then, and I'm sure he'll come up with some great landraces in the future.

[ByMySelfGardening]

Yesss 😅 been waiting for this one! And also seriously thank you David for sharing your family and man it’s going to be very cool to see Ezekiel’s experiments as he gets older 😊

[OrganicMommaGA]

It's lovely to do your own landrace varieties - it's how regional and family Heirloom varieties begin! When you find one (or several) you really like, you keep planting those to reinforce their diverse genetics and the particular growing conditions. Saving seeds means you can then name that seed blend "The Good Lower Alabama Watermelon" or something. 😁

[blunderchips]

"Oh no! my son grew too many watermelons. What ever shall I do?" - A man enjoying watermelons

[marking-time-gardens]

Great watermelon harvest! Blessings Kiddos! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

[christineelsey]

Wonderful to watch..

Can't help but think (Know) your son knows more about gardening than I.. lol.. which is good..
It's a skill & knowledge he's going to need.. a
And it's been great to follow along with this "experiment".. 😊
❤ a Canadian fan

[BitRanch]

I love it.... Best fruit ever and no effort because you (dad) water the garden. Lol.

[dfreak]

The scissor carrying is STRESSING ME. The 1st cracked melon looks like the watermelons in really old paintings.

[johndyer]

Looks like a snake pit in there. Love it!