Planting cantaloupe & watermelon

[seedcorn]

Better yet, are they worth the bother?

 

[majorcatfish]

oh yes.. got to love a home ripened cantaloupe/honeydew or any type of watermelon.... sure bets a supermarket anyday

 

[seedcorn]

Agree. But is that THE variety? How does it taste?

Side question, is it crazy to like watermelons, honeydews (or green melons) and dislike cantaloupe?

 

[Smart Red]

Not at all! No accounting for taste buds. There might even be some bad event forgotten from your childhood associated with cantaloupe.

 

[digitS']

Melon flavors bring back happy childhood memories for me .

The warmer soil might help but my melons are in the windy, big veggie garden. Transplanted out while still very small, they are actually in a bit of a depression. They are in rows so that I can get the tiller through for a couple more weeks. I really should have lined them up so that I could till between the plants in 2 directions while they are small.

My garden soil requires no help in draining. Standing water, even in packed garden paths, is nearly an unknown.

Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Agree. But is that THE variety? How does it taste?

Side question, is it crazy to like watermelons, honeydews (or green melons) and dislike cantaloupe?

They all have different taste

 

[Schroeder]

Agree. But is that THE variety? How does it taste?

Side question, is it crazy to like watermelons, honeydews (or green melons) and dislike cantaloupe?

Well, I LOVE cantaloupe, but don't like watermelon nor honeydew, which to me tastes a lot like watermelon. I remember reading once that most people who don't like watermelon, also dislike cucumbers. That is true for me, and most watermelon-haters I have questioned. Odd.

 

[seedcorn]

That is interesting. I can eat cantaloupe, just prefer to not.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I was able to get a friend to grow out a watermelon and an Indian melon called "sweetness". This way I am able to get the seeds from 4 different melons without the chance of cross pollination.

 

[seedcorn]

Looking forward to report on taste.