"Snag" wrote in message
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Martin Riddle wrote:
"Snag" wrote in message
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of freshly picked cantalope is wafting throughout my house . When I
went out to check the garden early this morning , I could smell the
aroma when I was still several feet away . Touched the stem and it
fell off the fruit , so it's sittin' on my kitchen counter right now
. I picked one the other day , but got it just a tiny bit too early
and it wasn't as sweet as I like - the neighbor down the street got
that one . Now if this steenkin' heat wave would break , maybe my
'maters would start setting fruit again . Hasn't been a bumper year
for them , but there's still hope ! Got a few on the plants , and
some are starting to ripen . Now all I gotta do is beat the bugs to
them ! --
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !


How may lopes? I have 2 hills and about 6 plants and only see 4
softball sized fruit.
I've had plenty of pollinators the last month.

Zone 6 NY

Cheers

I've got about a dozen more in various stages of growth , on 6 plants
. And they're still bloomin' ...

And that one tastes as sweet as it smelled . Giant 'lope , about 10"
long and over 7" in diameter . And Juicy ! I made a mess of the
countertop cuttin' it up to put into a tupperware bowl for
refrigerator storage .
I ended up puttin some in a ziploc , my second-biggest bowl wasn't
big enough . The biggest one is gonna be full of home made spaghetti
sauce as soon as it cools enough .
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I had a melon fall off a vine that has since died. But I now see 3 more
starting to develop. So hopefully it stays warm here in NY.
And the first ripe one is about a week or two away

Cheers