"Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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A neighbor gave me a bunch of honeydew melon seeds and despite
everything I do to fail at starting seeds, it looks like I'm going to
end up with 3 healthy seedlings by our frost free date.

My problem is that I'm not sure I want to dedicate three large (greater
than 20 gal) containers for these melons. Can these melons be grown in
5 gallon bucket sized containers successfully?


Not really. The melons grow high up on the vine. The support system will
topple the pots, unless you let the vines trail onto the ground. And, unless
you're home all day to water, or find an automatic watering system, the pots
will dry out too quickly. Can't you grow them in the ground?