I am thinking that the water thing is a factor, since in Raleigh in the summer, when it rains it pours....aside from the drought summer of a few years ago, water does not come in nice steady doses here!
Another is that they only got about 5 hours of full sun per day, so perhaps another factor in sweetness...though yield, size, etc were all fine.
The splitting thing was definitely an issue....once many of them approached ripeness, then we get the big storms, they develop cracks in the skin..which invites rot and bugs.
Some good ideas in this thread - thanks! I may give Ambrosia a shot down here in Raleigh.
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