Growing Winter Melon

 

Veggie garden during the spring.    The very left row are broccoli , the second and third rows are a mix of cucumbers and winter melons.  

The cucumber and winter melon are in the same family, their leaves look alike.   The very right are the zucchini.  

A closeup of the cucumber and winter melon plants.  

The winter melon plants are growing well and growing big.  

Hiding inside the leaves, there is a green round gourd, that's the winter melon.   

Though this winter melon is good sized but it is not yet ready.  What's the sign that a winter melon is ready?  Stay tuned.