I've got some Hokaido melons (the ones that sold for 6000 dollars in Japan last year) that I'm growing (hoping for that 6000 dollar pay day LOL) and I know those melons are grown in little nets to keep them up off the ground. Mine will just have to be happy laying on a bed of straw like all the other melons.aidenbaby said:
Arent those just....canteloupe?farmerlor said:
Yep. They're supposed to be delicious and the flesh is a little redder but it's a cantaloupe. I don't even like cantaloupe but I planted the Hokaido and Charantais for my husband.sparkles2307 said:
I like to mulch the area around the melons so that we can control weeds and keep the area sort of damp.sparkles2307 said:
This is my "you're not getting any straight answers outta me today" answer. It depends. It depends on what kind of watermelon you are growing, how big you want them to get and what kind of growing conditions you have that year. The smaller melons I just let go and set as much fruit as they want but with the bigger melons if they start about 25 blossoms none of my melons are going to be very big or flavorful so I pinch some off. Also if we're having a lot of heat and dry weather, I'll pinch some off to make sure I get as much nutrition into the melons I can get to grow....obsessed said:
