On Tue, 11 May 2010 16:02:17 +0200, David in Normandy
wrote:

On 11/05/2010 15:12, wrote:
wrote:
Being new to melon-growing, have we done something seriously wrong? Maybe
it's too cold for it outside at the moment, although the plant in on a
south-facing wall which currently is getting a small amount of sun.

It's been close to frosty the last few nights, I think you've probably
caught it a bit of a chill.

I managed 6 melon plants from seed last year, with a total production of 2
melons. I think I needed to hand pollinate them a bit more than I did.
That was my first year of melon growing. But they lived permanently int he
greenhouse, I would never have considered growing them outside.





I tried growing some outside here in Normandy a couple of years ago and
it was too cold for them. They just didn't grow, they basically
stagnated. I think melons need a greenhouse or some other structure to
keep them warm. Having said that though I remember someone on this group
once saying they'd grown them successfully on an allotment somewhere in
Yorkshire!


Could you use a victorian style hotbed?
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo...aqs.php?id=162
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