Honeydew – a week later

Seems my honeydew "angpow" pack had been left in the drawer for a little bit too long. When i checked, the sprouts already measured about 3 inch. That's how easy it is to sprout honeydew seeds in paper towel, all the seeds made it through, and i guess 3-4 days should be enough next time.

The baby honeydews closely resemble bean-sprouts, looked really fragile. I had to carefully transplant them as some already showing leaves and growing very fine roots, that i just tear off the paper towel and bury them altogether under the soil. I don't even know if this is the right way doing it!

After five days i've got a full tray of healthy honeydew seedlings. Light spray and watering from bottom seem to work (i had the soil at the center like an island on a tray, so just pour water from the sides).

Honeydew cheers! :)

My fat pack of ang-pow :)

Sprouting happily. That's 24 hours on soil

(left) after 48 hours (right) after 5 days!

Project Honeydew - kickoff

It's Chinese New Year and festive season kicked in full swing as the week holiday follows :) This week i wanna try the paper towel method on honeydew. Now after reading more on sprouting, grafting, growing quality fruits and cross pollination, I've becoming more conscious on finding organic and heirloom seeds.

But for today, this is a honeydew that my MIL bought from the seller along the highway. I believe it's not organic otherwise the price would've been expensive. I'm just gonna give it a go let's see how the fruits turn out to be.

Get some honeydew seeds preferably organic

Spread them on paper towel and spray the towel with water to keep it wet

Label the plastic clearly. Gong Xi Fa Cai huat ah huat ah!

1. Cut the honeydew into two, get a few slices and eat :) you should already be getting a handful of seeds. Slimy, shiny, pretty, seeds.
2. I then cleaned the seeds to avoid mold forming.
3. Place the seeds down on a kitchen towel. Fold the towel so the seeds wont fall out from the sides.
4. Sprinkle some water to wet the paper towel.
5. Again i have run out of zip-lock bag so i took a plastic bag and seal it with masking tape. Put date and name label on it.
6. Put aside in a warm, dark corner. I keep mine in a drawer.
7. Set a weekend reminder on scheduler, and wait....