Crop circles, unexplained lights in the sky and now strange marking on my Watermelons? ET Phone home? Is there life outside of the Earth and if so, how were they able to make such small circles on my Watermelons?
Okay. Okay. No, I have not gone off the green deep end. I am just joking. (Well maybe.) Pictured above is an heirloom watermelon that I grew from seed. (I acquired the seeds from Baker Heirlooms.) It does not have the usual green stripes that you see in the supermarket. This melon is dark green. Weighs maybe 10 lbs. Lots of black and white seeds. Really sparked a conversation every time I showed people the markings.
I happened to love growing heirlooms because I have no idea what the vegetable is going to look like. Many of you might recall my lemon cucumber that looks like a tennis ball with an 8 o’clock shadow on its skin.
Was it sweet? One was and the others were semi-sweet but I can’t blame the watermelons. This summer it rained more than the sun shined.
Readers,
- Has anyone grown any plant with unusual markings?
- Has anyone grown this type of watermelon?
- Is there life outside of our world?
solarglobalgreen says
Interesting. It doesn’t appear to be as red as store bought watermelon. According to scientists we are close to finding planets outside our solar system with the density of earth which could potentially sustain life.
Zach says
Very interesting markings on your watermellon. Yes definitely kinda freaky although I still doubt that ET life was the cause. No idea what it could be though…
Green Talk says
Zach, those markings must be natural to the heirloom watermelon. Just kidding about the ET created mark! But you never know. Anna
Catzia says
Hi, I have a Watermelon with very similar markings , like crop circles, only there were more of them on mine and even more interesting patterns created when the circles joined. I bought the plants at a local garden center.The markings were different sizes , but all had a tiny circle or dot in the center and then 2 more light circles around it like a Bulls eye. The outtermost ring seemed raised and the middle one was concave. The center one was too small to tell. I couldnt find anything on the Web about it. I have a pic, but dont know how to show it here. Only one of my melons had the marks. My guess is insect. I’d love to know more.
Anna@GreenTalk says
I totally missed your comment! So, sorry. If you want to send me the photo, contact me through my contact form above. I would love to show the picture. Anna
sarah says
my friend and i just cut into our watermelon and found the same pattern! could it be crop circle watermelon????
Anna@GreenTalk says
The second year that I planted the watermelon, I had less “crop circles.” I think the circles are part of the heirloom variety. Anna
Tom says
Interesting, I found the same on one of my watermelon!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tltalty/6090325718/
warrington says
I’ve got the skinny: it’s caused by a virus. I wrote a post about it after I found the same markings on some melons I bought at the market a couple of years ago. You can read it here: watermelon skin patterns
Anna@Green Talk says
Wow! Now, I thought I had special heirloom watermelons. It’s funny. I grow these melons every year and the crop circles have decreased. I kind of miss them since they are so cool.
I wonder why the circles look like that? Anna
warrington says
I agree that that’s the five dollar question. Point me to anywhere that explains such amazing patterns produced by pathogens and I will be eternally grateful. It seems, I dare say, nothing short of…physics (you thought I was gonna say miraculous didn’t you?).
Anna@Green Talk says
Warrington,
Thanks so much for clearing up this mystery. The circles are so beautiful. Have you heard about them being on striped watermelons? Anna