_ct1880x930.jpg "Katrina Lack selling her family's watermelons grown at Allora to visitors at the pig and calf sale.")
Perfect season for watermelons on Southern Downs
ALLORA producer Katrina Lack returned to the pig and calf sale last week to sell her family's harvest of watermelons.
Mrs Lack said the crop had grown well this and the summer favourite continued to sell well.
"We've got six acres in at the moment but it's definitely been a good season for them," Mrs Lack said.
"We thought we'd try the seedless ones as well and they seem to be more popular with the kids.
"This is the second lot we've had here, and we've got seed and seedless but it is only seasonal."
In cooler climes the family grows cabbages, and much like the winter vegetable, water logging can be a problem watermelons.
Mrs Lack said she hoped storms would not be an issue for the crop, which has sold well in competition with Chinchilla grown fruit.
"I hope the rain doesn't cause too much damage," she said.
"There's a bit of a dilemma with them potentially rotting in the field.
"We're trying to sell them in different markets where Chinchilla watermelons have been sold.
"I'm not sure why but people really like the taste of our watermelons compared to others.
"It's possibly because we grow ours in black soil while Chinchilla has more sandy soil and I think that might affect the taste."
