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charlieDD · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Seoul, Korea

Thanks for the link. I have seen these melons stateside, but rarely; and only once in a regular supermarket ( Wegmans ); otherwise only in Korean or Asian markets.

I've grown them from the seeds taken from the fruit and they grow fine, but not as large as the ones I bought and got the seeds from (probably because I don't use fertilizer like the Korean farmers certainly would). Took some to my Thai friend and he grew them on the edges of his rice field; loved them. He's thinking of growing more and selling them in the market there.

The Burpee seeds would likely grow much nicer; they tend to select out a good breed / variety. Think I'll try some at my Thai friend's place as have no place to garden here in this concrete jungle !

Now, if Burpee would sell the seeds to the "mountain watermelon" that sells for around 100,000 won each melon . . . ! You ever seen that one in the top supermarkets around Chuseok time? They get snapped up when the two or three show up on the shelves. Samsung Plaza at Seo Hyeon station sells a few of them around Chuseok.