General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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January 26, 2017 | #17 |
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If you're also looking for watermelons, you might try Sugar Baby Bush. I haven't tried it. So, I don't know how big it gets.
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March 14, 2017 | #22 |
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Now is the time , to get ready for planting melons. I like sweet ones like Honeydew do or some Korean varieties. I think I have to buy the fruits , taste it then plant seeds it if I like it.
I am not a huge fan of cantaloupe. They are too chewy ,to me, and not sweet. But I will plant a couple anyway.
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I have Halona and Cucamelons up now, waiting awhile till I plant the rest.
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March 15, 2017 | #24 |
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Asian melons can be very small and a trained plant will be small. Sakata sweet comes to mind.
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March 15, 2017 | #25 |
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Please consider
http://www.southernexposure.com/ice-...2-g-p-231.html And yes I've grown it and yes it is compact and a very good variety as well. Carolyn
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So last year's experiment was not successful. I planted the melons on mounds in raised beds. I didn't give them any kind of covering protection and they just stayed as 4 leaves, sulking, until the first frost. I didn't get a single flower!
But this year I manged to find a brand of large cloche that hasn't blown away, and I planted the melons and watermelons on mounds inside. And one variety is flowering - Golden Jenny! I had the two in the photo under the cloche until yesterday, but we're in the middle of a heat wave so I removed it. The other varieties I am trying out haven't flowered yet so are still under their cloches. |
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