Looking for melon recommendations for next year

maupin · August 13, 2007

I have had great luck with yellow moon and stars. It loves my hot, humid climate and tastes like creamy candy, leaving a delicious aftertaste.

I enrich the soil in a 12 x 30 rectangle, then cover the entire patch with weed barrier and cover the weed barrier with shredded pine bark mulch. Cut X holes, build mounds, plant seeds. Watering is limited to the mounds, and this cultural practice, in con★★★★★★★★ with the weed block in place, cuts down on risk of disease and soil borne pests.

Vines sprawl every which way on the weed barrier without encroaching on any other plants.

I trellised Annas in the past (with disappointing results) and have found this method superior to trellising.

August 13, 2007	#16
maupin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern Thailand Posts: 77	I have had great luck with yellow moon and stars. It loves my hot, humid climate and tastes like creamy candy, leaving a delicious aftertaste. I enrich the soil in a 12 x 30 rectangle, then cover the entire patch with weed barrier and cover the weed barrier with shredded pine bark mulch. Cut X holes, build mounds, plant seeds. Watering is limited to the mounds, and this cultural practice, in con★★★★★★★★ with the weed block in place, cuts down on risk of disease and soil borne pests. Vines sprawl every which way on the weed barrier without encroaching on any other plants. I trellised Annas in the past (with disappointing results) and have found this method superior to trellising.