In this video, I share a rare fruit that few have tried! Originally from India, the Kajari Melon (also called the Delhi melon) is the size of a gourd, but tastes like a delicious cross between a cantaloupe and a honeydew. The Kajari Melon just may be the best melon you’ve never heard of!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Growing Kajari Melons & Sourcing Seed
2:09 How To Tell When Kajari Melons Are Ripe
2:52 How to Grow Kajari Melons
4:32 Kajari Melon Taste Test
6:59 How To Save Kajari Melon Seeds
8:38 Adventures With Dale
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44 Comments
btw, Dale is a cutie pie too!!!!!!!!
I can get into this one. I love melons but my husband doesn't so much. I haven't grown melons because I can't get through them myself and I don't want to waste them. This is a nice size for one. Thank you and Dale is a good boy!
I had fantastic results growing Kajari melons this year. Two vines produced about 25 melons.
We are really excited about vegetable gardening!! Since we came across your videos we're super excited because of the way you cover so many great 👍 subjects!!! Thank you for Sharing your knowledge with us!!
So interesting! I now know about this melon😊Thank you👍 Hey Dale!!😁
Great video! I noticed you grew them in bags. How did you fertilize them throughout the season?
I didn't like them, I need to try them again.
Thanks for the tip. I have to try this now. I just ordered these off Baker Creek for next year. They are really expensive on Amazon.
I had so so luck with these melons but definitely need to find the best supports for them hanging because the good ones snapped off before I could harvest 😭
Where did you get the initial seeds
I LOVE THESE MELONS. Melons did well for me despite the heat and drought. I got mine from BACK YARD GARDEN SEEDS. They specialize in plants for small space/ urban gardeners.
Love Dale… thanks for the taste description of the melon. I probably won’t like it but others will do I’ll enjoy growing it❤
Blessings to you and yours ❤🙏🏼🕊🌸🌼🌺🐝
We tried this Las year. It produced tons of melons… BUT rather tasteless. Sorry, thumbs down on this fruit.
I think Ill pickup a pack of these seeds, I do enjoy trying some off the beaten path things that you dont normally find 🙂
I wonder what their storage is like
Yay!! Hi friend! Oh I’m so so glad you tried them and liked them! I’m sorry I’ve sort of disappeared from growing and YouTube. Life sure has changed for me since I’ve visited you. I really need to go back and binge your channel. Looks like you’ve been doing AMAZING!! Thank so much for not forgetting me and the shout out 💚
Yay!! Hi friend! Oh I’m so so glad you tried them and liked them! I’m sorry I’ve sort of disappeared from growing and YouTube. Life sure has changed for me since I’ve visited you. I really need to go back and binge your channel. Looks like you’ve been doing AMAZING!! Thank so much for not forgetting me and the shout out 💚
I tried kajari melon this season. Love it. Tried other kind of melon from bakercreek , forgot the name . But its dark green and very sweet. Can smell the ripen melon from far away.
The beds on the south side of my house are melon producing machines! I’m going to do one bed of watermelon and one cantaloupe this next season but I might give these a try someday.
Thanks for sharing with us all. I'm new to NC looking forward to my garden next year.
I grew Madhu Ras and Tigger melons this year
My Kajari melons do very well in north Texas, near the Dallas-Forth Worth area. Long, hot, humid summer season generally, but this year was VERY dry. With copious amounts of supplemental water (I used a soaker hose) they did well trellised and heavily mulched with leaf litter and pine straw. I sowed in the soil three successive crops of them starting in late spring (about April for us) and fertilized with balanced organic fertilizers about every month. They really had problems with vine borers until I got my bT and pest repellent sprays going. Squash bugs and vine borers were really bad here this year on all my gourds and melons.
❤❤❤❤ Dale
I had no luck growing these here in 10a coastal San Diego (cool, limited rain and periods of humidity).
Have you grown the kiku melon I heard they also delicious
I've eaten these in India. Not 100% sure, but I think it's also called "karbooz" (phonetically spelled here). Given current events, someone may benefit by knowing that one of the local tricks is to float these (or presumably any other) melons in a bucket of water for several hours. It works almost like a refrigerator. An unglazed clay pot of water would be even better.
Dale approved
Thanks for the recommendation! Just ordered mine… along with 21 other seed packs lol. I’m a sucker for unique seed and Baker’s creek gets me every time!! Is it Spring yet? 😆
Thank you for the recommendation as regular Melons take a long time before you can enjoy the fruit. I'm definitely trying this one.
How it possible as I didn't knew the melon!!
I"m so conflicted.. love honeydew.. can't stand cantaloupe..and not a fan of watermelon…but it grows fast.. arghghg
so far my favorite melon is a Juan Canary.
The kajari melon looks like I will give it a try next year
Bro you got some pretty eyelashes. You wearing make-up homey…
Hey Anthony! That one is on my list to try. I usually grow the Minnesota Midget…it produces a lot of fruit. I purchased Tiger melon seeds to try next year.
Pretty melon outside and inside. I totally trust Dale's taste buds…I will keep this melon on my desire list.😃
Indeed, Dale is one smart pup! Wow!😃 🐕
I got these seeds last year from Bakercreek seeds. but I didn't get it in this year.
How many fruits per plant?
Thank you for this tip! I started selling at our local farmer's market and these would be a perfect market melon. I'm definitely buying some and growing next summer! I love your channel, you always provide such great information 👍
This is the KaJARy melon. It’s from India. Roots and Refuge made it popular.
Nice, personal size melon. Awesome. Any other cool melons you know of?
I grew one off those, I watched it every day then it was as gone. I guess the groundhog beat me to it 🤬😁
60 days? I like that. Time is the biggest problem with melons. Sounds like it's worth a try for sure.
My Favorite is Sugar Cube which is a F1 hybrid melon.Perfect size and flavor.Wonderful aroma and very disease resistant.Quite good productivity as well. Try it 👍🏽☮🇺🇸
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Have you grown Piel de Saponin melons?