Neil Cairns wrote:
Hi All,
Can I grow Melons from the seeds of shop bought Melons?

Yes but you might have to do the 'birds and bees' bit! For this you
need a sable brush from your art shop.

One trick I saw somewhere long before that seemed to have helped
germination was just before planting time, snip out the pointed end so
that you see a tiny gap. Initially youll get some fruits dropping off
whilst still small but you'll know when you have success. I copied the
idea I saw in a Victorian book and supported the fruit with a cradle or
hammock of fruit netting if growing along steel horizontal lines as we
did as the fruit can become very heavy. We got one or two to the size
of a rugby ball and they were of course delicious.

You might want to pick out the leader stem after some time as we got one
stem to a length of about 25 feet.


Richard.

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