Best Heirloom Melon?
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Comments (7)I live in Arizona. I our cold weather goes away, soon there should be California Poppies everywhere. I would be happy to send you a lot of them for an SASE....See MoreWANTED: Heirloom tomato, pepper, or melon seeds. Rose clippings,
Comments (2)Moonbeam watermelon, is it very sweet? Is it prone to diseases? Thanks....See MoreWhich heirloom melons grow on short vines?
Comments (3)spiced_ham Great suggestion; I never thought of growing them up a trellis or a cage. I bet if done right in rich soil they could be planted 2-3ft apart if grown in cages or up a trellis....See MoreHeirloom and Hybrid Melons
Comments (44)It's been weeks since I've posted. I planted some melons in August. The weather has been very unpredictable the last two months here in Southern Cal. We've had mainly cooler than average temps (5-10 degrees) except for one week of 90 deg. weather. Not surprisingly, the Butterscotch Sweetie performed like champs. There were about 3 melons on each of 8 plants, all of them sweet though smaller than those planted in June and harvested early August. Most of the volunteer Galias have blossoms but they probably won't bear now. The 4 Haogen Melon plants suffered through the foggy evenings and cool days, succumbling to blights. But I managed to get 5 regular sized melons, the rest were too small and I pulled the plants out. Unfortunately, the largest, a 2.5 lb melon was attacked by the ground squirrels. I have one Jenny Lind plant and it produced one one-pound melon, but the squirrels got to it, too. The other two JL melons were too small to be worth anything before the plant died. The good news is that those three melons, if planted in early August in the future, will probably succeed. They were still selling Ambrosia, Galia and Haogens at the Hollywood Farmer's market through early October. Anyway, I am so glad the Butterscotch melons can produce even when others struggle this first week of November....See Moregeorgew79
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