On 2020-08-20 15:52, Pavel314 wrote:
On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 5:23:22 PM UTC-4, T wrote:
On 2020-08-20 07:19, Pavel314 wrote:
I planted a couple varieties of cantaloupe this year and they're all ripening at the same time. I think that next year, I'll plant a couple of hills in early May, like I did this year, then plant a couple more in mid- or late-May to spread out the harvest. The melons are very good but it's getting difficult to keep up with them. Fortunately, the sheep enjoy the excess.

Paul

My best cantaloupe was one one melon and it was the
size of a baseball.

What variety did you grow?

What kind of fertilizer did you use?

I grew one hill of El Gordo melons; we just picked a 15 pound melon this morning. Another hill was just plain cantaloupes, I don't recall any special variety on those. Those are normal size, like what you get at the store.

I scattered sheep manure from the barn in the pumpkin patch and tilled it in well in the spring. When I planted the hills, I dug out a shovel full of dirt below each and filled the hole with compost. I also sprinkled a tablespoon or so of 10-10-10 into the hole but that was all the fertilizing I did.

We also have a very large pumpkin out there; the variety is called "First Prize" and is said to grow up to 300 pounds. Will let you know how that one turns out.

Paul


"sheep manure". That explains it.