On 25/11/05 15:54, in article , "newsb"
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In article , Nick Maclaren
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In article ,
Neil Cairns wrote:
Hi All,
Can I grow Melons from the seeds of shop bought Melons?

Yes. But don't expect them to fruit! That isn't because the plants
won't do so, but because melons are very tricky in the UK, need to
be grown under glass, and the varieties sold in the shops will not
be the specialist ones needed for semi-reliable cropping in the UK.
Don't bother with watermelons - they need a LOT more heat.


I grew half a dozen melon plants from shop bought melons this year - in
the greenhouse. Can't remember the variety - but they were the very
sweet orange fleshed sort that you see a lot in the southern half of
France. They weren't in a fantastic position - also, a bit late, in
smallish pots and largely ignored I'm afraid. Even so, three of them
gave birth, two of those with two melons. Very small fruits (bit bigger
than an orange but smaller than a grapefruit) - but they did get
reasonably ripe and were edible. Not quite as juicy as the parents but
not too bad.

I might have invented cocktail melons

Plant Breeder's Rights for you, then! Cantaloupe melons or Charentais,
perhaps?
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