18 pounds?
It looks great!!!
Enjoy your good eating.

Oh, it was way more than 18 pounds. The biggest one is 40 pounds!

WOW!
My first thought was 35 pounds, but I thought "I don't want to look foolish." So I lowered my guess and looked really foolish. :=)
You did everything right.
I think you have 2 green thumbs!!
You have a right to be proud.

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing. Exactly what is in your soil? How do you nmanage your garden?

Wow! They look like boulders from an alien planet. How many plants are those from?

These winter melons are actually pretty easy to grow. The hardest part is to get the seeds to sprout. Once you do that, just dig a hole in your yard and plant the seedlings. They'll keep growing and growing. Our hot and sunny Texas summers probably helped a lot.

The winter melons shown in my photo set are from 3-4 plants, but the majority of them is actually from a single plant.

Sprout the seeds in a slightly moist washcloth or paper towel in a zip loc bag on top of the fridge. While it is not recommended to start any type of melon seed somewhere other than it's intended growing spot, those in cooler zones need to do this due to the longer growing season these require.