No cantaloupes (musk mellon)
Neither my neighbor or myself have any cantaloupes that have set
fruit. Not a problem with watermelon or honey dew melons. The vines look healthy. Highs have been in the 90's for some time. Jeff |
No cantaloupes (musk mellon)
Jeff Thies wrote:
Neither my neighbor or myself have any cantaloupes that have set fruit. Not a problem with watermelon or honey dew melons. The vines look healthy. Highs have been in the 90's for some time. Jeff Too hot? Cold nights? Too much nitrogen fertilizer? If you are in the U.S. I'd call a county agriculture office and ask. That's why they exist. gloria p |
No cantaloupes (musk mellon)
I'm in Pennsylvania zone 5-6. I planted Hale's Best cantaloupes this year and averaged 5 melons per plant. The problem I'm having is the fact that the fruit isn't very sweet. I don't know if it's something I done wrong or if it's the melon I decided to grow. Next year I'll try Honey Rock and Super Star which is a hybrid. My soil is clay amended with cow manure and compost. In the fall, I mulch leaves and cover my bed. Come spring I fork them into the soil along with a slow release granular fertilizer about two weeks before setting out my plants. Rich |
No cantaloupes (musk mellon)
On Aug 11, 11:14*am, (EVP MAN) wrote:
I'm in Pennsylvania zone 5-6. *I planted Hale's Best cantaloupes this year and averaged 5 melons per plant. *The problem I'm having is the fact that the fruit isn't very sweet. *I don't know if it's something I done wrong or if it's the melon I decided to grow. *Next year I'll try Honey Rock and Super Star which is a hybrid. *My soil is clay amended with cow manure and compost. *In the fall, *I mulch leaves and cover my bed. *Come spring I fork them into the soil along with a slow release granular fertilizer about two weeks before setting out my plants. Rich This is to all. Lucky you have hot weather. Here, in So. Calif coastal, we have had the weirdest of all summers -- cool and overcast. So my cantaloupes and watermelons flower -- and then nothing. Yes, they have adequate water and compost/worm castings. Last year, I had GORGEOUS cantaloupes. What else could be factor, if not lack of summer heat? Note: My beans are doing great -- both green and yellow. It's just the damn melons. Also cucumbers were not stellar. And the only tomatoes that are doing well are volunteers. The tomatoe plants from Home Despot got tossed. A few new ones from a local nursery are doing pretty well. |
No cantaloupes (musk mellon)
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No cantaloupes (musk mellon) (Lfisk)
I started my melons from seed under grow lights. They were 6 weeks old when I planted them in the garden May 15. Picked my first mellon about two weeks ago. They were a great color on the outside but a bit pale on the inside. They just about fell off the vine into your hand when I picked them up. Just not as sweet tasting as I expected them to be. The vines were running wild and I did prune them back. Perhaps this was my mistake. I read on the net that the more leaves on a mellon plant the better as the leaves produce sugar for the fruit. Any ideas on this? Rich |
No cantaloupes (musk mellon) (Lfisk)
Nice looking melons indeed :) I will try again next year but this is what I will do differently. I'll space each plant at least five feet apart. I won't prune any of the vines and I will cut way back on the amount of water I give them two weeks before they ripen. I read that this also makes the melons sweeter. Rich |
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