This years melons what are you all growing?
 

I planted these varieties this morning.

Watermelon

Tender sweet
Royal golden
Moon and stars
Georgia Rattlesnake
Blacktail Mountain
Orangeglo

Cantaloupe and odd ball
Kansas
Gingers Pride

Asian
Tigger
Golden Sweet
Banana from a friend, Thanks!:)

Yes I do have room for all of these melons with a lot of fence and the area in the back.

What are the rest of you all growing?

Worth

Watermelon
Orange tendersweet
Mickeylee

Others
Tigger
Banana :)

Watermelon:
Blacktail Mountain
Orangeglo
Sweet Siberian

Cantaloupe/muskmelon:
Pride of Wisconsin
Golden Gopher
Crane

Watermelon:
Desert King
Blacktail Mountain
Orangeglo
Moons & Stars - Van Doren
Moons & Stars - yellow flesh
Jemez

Other:
Charentais
Green Machine
Noir De Carmes
Cochiti mix
jelly melon

Okay, I'm trying not to be totally depressed that I only have room for these two melons and you guys have so many more to grow and eat.

Green Climbing (green flesh)
Golden Midget (tiny watermelon)

Before we put a pool in our back yard, I grew Blacktail Mountain and Sugar Baby. We liked both of those but it was hard to tell when the Sugar Babies were ripe. I've also grown several of the small muskmelons with short vines and had good luck with most of those. I have sandy soil here by the beach and the melons seem to like it. I'm trying to add some things back into the garden I think my kids would like. Melons are one of the things I've managed to cram back into this small space and they'll be grown vertically. I hope they do well enough that the kids don't spit them out! :roll: :roll:

I have seeds for Charentais and Sataka's Sweet. I've never grown melons before. I think I may start with those and try some shorter season water melons next year. I really want to try an orange flesh one, I've heard great things about them.

Paul, have you grown golden Gopher before? And can I ask where you got your seed? I saw it somewhere, now I can't remember where??

I am going to grow Sleeping Beauty muskmelon, Green machine and Golden midget.
Carol

I have a short season here but I'm going to try Prescott Ford Blanc Melon.

I'm growing most of my melons in containers this time around. Last year we kept getting heavy rains just before each batch of melons ripened, so they were blaaaand.

Containers: Minnesota Midget, Green Machine, Golden Sweet, and maybe Yellow Doll watermelon.

Ground: Golden Jenny and maybe Sakata's Sweet, both trellised to save room.

[quote=FlipTX;52412]I'm growing most of my melons in containers this time around.[/quote]

What size containers are you using?

They're painted styrofoam coolers about 6 gallons. I'm growing one per container, and chose types with more compact growth habits. I've got a bigger container that I might use for the Yellow Doll. I grew summer squash very successfully last year in the coolers so I'm hoping they do well with the melons this time around!

Vert Grimpant because it climbs. I can put it on the fence without taking room from the tomatoes.

I'm growing Vert Grimpant/Green Climbing this season. I was wondering if it would climb like a cucumber does, simply because of the name.

Anyone grown Will's Sugar watermelon? It's a smaller melon like Blacktail Mountain or Sugar Baby. I've grown the latter two but am considering Will's Sugar for this year instead of Golden Midget.