WATERMELONS

[Lauren S]

Has anyone grown watermelons successfully outside in the UK?

If yes...which variety did you grow?

[Lauren S]

[Dadnlad]

2007 -  Sugar Baby from seed - one plant in the g/h and one outside, both fruited, same size (ish), tasty, easily as  good as supermarket ;D
2008  -  Blacktail Mountain+Sugar Baby again from seed - buoyed by previous success went for 3 plants of each, 5 outside, all outside struggled with wet/cold and dead by midsummer, g/h plant succumbed to mildew late summer - no fruit :'(
2009 -  trying Blacktail Mountain again, fingers crossed for the weather ;)

[elvis2003]

good luck both
im trying melons this year,so am inspired by the above!

[saddad]

I grew a Sugar Baby under glass last year, so am trying that and Blacktail Mountain this year, under glass though.  :)

[raisedbedted]

Sugar baby outside in 2007 grew to football size and were delicious.
2008 = failure in cloches, outside and greenhouse.

Trying again this year with cloche and black soil membrane.