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Originally Posted by imp
Put down black plastic about 2 weeks before you plan to plant out to warm the soil- melons like hot feet. If you can make a wind break of some sort to help catch the heat and slow it getting away or to act as a heat sink for you. Maybe a hoop house over each melon with both sides open ( like a row cover with the ends open? I am describing this badly, LOL, but to help keep in the heat.
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I have plastic hoop cloche, and a fleece cloche. I'm going to find out which works better. But the.main difficulty will be stopping them from blowing away! The wind is very strong here