I'm growing 8 different melons. I bought seed. I doubt I will ever buy more, no need. As each packet comes with way too many, and I will save seed. They probably will cross, but then I'll have a melon nobody else has. The plants need a lot of room forming large multiple branched vines. Melons are now forming. The challenge is going to be trying to figure out when ripe!

Yes. I purchased an EarthCare 7x7 portable greenhouse with a plastic cover in Feb 2012. It lasted through September 2012-nine months. I was excited when I got this greenhouse. It is just the right size for my small backyard. The first thing we noticed is that the plastic cover is too small for the frame. We thought it might stretch out. It didn't. Then, after putting it up and securing it with the small pegs that are provided, it blew over within the first 48 hours (not even that big of a wind). One of the legs broke in half and another bent in half. Luckily, my husband is handy with fixing stuff, so he fixed the legs better than new. We put it back up with massive stakes at each corner. All seemed well until I went into the greenhouse about 2 weeks ago, and everything in there was covered with small things that looked like fish scales. I couldn't figure out what they were for a while, and then it dawned on me to look up at the roof. Almost every small plastic "window" between the green mesh was empty. I now have a SCREEN house with very large mesh, and I'm wondering if I can salvage it anyway. The plastic cover is shot. This is an unacceptably short life span for this greenhouse. I contacted the company (their website states that there is a 100% satisfaction guarantee), and got a rather rude reply, and the customer service rep didn't even bother to use capital letters in their response. I filed a complaint with the BBB. The issue still isn't resolved. I DO NOT recommend this company!

I'm sorry for the delay in answering your request to post my actual Amazon review. Here is the word for word review that Amazon deleted. The greenhouse that I ordered (a 7'x7' with a plastic slip over cover - which when I got it, actually turned out to be less than 6.5 feet square) is not made any longer, so I posted on Amazon on other models. I don't think Amazon has found the reviews yet, but when they do, I'm sure they will be deleted too: I purchased an EarthCare greenhouse through Amazon in January 2012. It lasted to September 2012. I was excited when I got the greenhouse. It was just the right size for my small backyard. The first thing we noticed is that the plastic cover is too small for the frame. We thought it might stretch out. It didn't. Then, after putting it up and securing it with the small pegs that are provided, it blew over within the first 48 hours (not even that big of a wind). One of the legs broke in half and another bent in half. Luckily, my husband is handy with fixing stuff, so he fixed the legs better than new. We put it back up with massive stakes at each corner. All seemed well until I went into the greenhouse in September, and everything in there was covered with small things that looked like fish scales. I couldn't figure out what they were for a while, and then it dawned on me to look up at the roof. Almost every small plastic "window" between the green mesh was empty. I now have a screen house with very large mesh. The plastic cover is shot. This is an unacceptably short life span for this greenhouse. I contacted Earthcare and asked for a replacement because their website has a 100% money back guarantee. This is their exact reply (lack of capital letters and all)-------- “our supplier on these only offers a 30 day warranty against any defects in the merchandise. We also do not carry this model any more. We had a sticker on the box that says to remove the cover during the summer months as they get very hot and that affects the cover. what I would recommend would be to buy some greenhouse film and put under the existing cover for the heat and just use the other cover to hold the greenhouse film in place and beable to use the zip up door.” thanks butch ------ First, there was NO sticker on the box, and my (actual cut and paste) response below explains why heat was not a factor in the deterioration of the plastic: I live right on the coast and I use(d) the greenhouse all summer because it's so COLD. Heat is NOT a factor in the deterioration of this plastic. Thanks for honoring your warantee. I will remember this and recommend to my many gardening friends NOT to buy ANYTHING from earth care greenhouses. And also, your lack of respect for your customers is obvious when you don't even care enough to use capital letters. Pretty disgraceful. ----- There was no response from Earthcare after that, so I contacted the Better Business Bureau. They attempted to have EarthCare honor it's guarantee, but EarthCare refused. So the case has been dropped. If you purchase an EarthCare product and it is defective or of poor quality, EarthCare WILL NOT honor their guarantee."

Thanks, I wondered about that. Much of my "new spam" is starting to show up actually using my name, instead of a misspelling it. Wonder how we can find out, I might change my name.