Summer melons

goodwin · July 21, 2010

Here are shots from the garden of a couple of varieties we are taking to market this week. I've had good luck with them even here at 6000 ft elevation. Alvaro, a muskmelon, is on the left. Snow Leopard, on the right, is a honeydew - and very handsome. Hope everyone has set aside some space for a melon or two and we can compare notes.

Lee

dustdevil · July 22, 2010

Very attractive melons. How many on a plant and how far do they sprawl?

roper2008 · July 22, 2010

Very nice looking melons. I have a sugar baby plant, with one watermelon.
I love honeydew melons. Maybe I'll try some next year. I already have
seeds for Orangeglo and Kenkley's Sweet Watermelon. They will have to
wait for next year.

goodwin · July 22, 2010

Orangeglo and Keckley's Sweet do great here. I have to corral them a bit like the melons above. Both Snow Leopard and Alvaro are 6 ft in diameter. They generally will have about 4 melons at a time going and I might get 10 altogether on a plant. I haven't kept close track of that, but I should. It's a lot of work to start plants in March and keep them from freezing or dying off. This year the squash bugs are on everything - including the melons, and it's a battle.

kath · July 22, 2010

I've got Crimson Sweet, Jubilee, Kleckley's Sweet, Sangria, Sunsweet, Sweet Favorite, and Verona watermelons (one plant each) battling it out in a 20' square 'corral' so they won't overtake the tomatoes and rest of the garden. Only grew the 1st two last year and they were the ones to survive the disease (?) that wiped out the competition. All the above are supposed to be resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose. Seem to have even more problems with smaller melons living long enough to ripen fruit, so I resorted to some early hybrids with multiple disease resistance: Passport, San Juan, Sprite, Honeycomb and Sun Jewel; all grown on trellises with support for the fruits. No disease showing on anything yet, but no ripe fruit either. Hoping to find a couple winners.

July 22, 2010	#2
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Very attractive melons. How many on a plant and how far do they sprawl?

July 22, 2010	#3
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	Very nice looking melons. I have a sugar baby plant, with one watermelon. I love honeydew melons. Maybe I'll try some next year. I already have seeds for Orangeglo and Kenkley's Sweet Watermelon. They will have to wait for next year.

July 22, 2010	#4
goodwin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Espanola, New Mexico Posts: 606	Orangeglo and Keckley's Sweet do great here. I have to corral them a bit like the melons above. Both Snow Leopard and Alvaro are 6 ft in diameter. They generally will have about 4 melons at a time going and I might get 10 altogether on a plant. I haven't kept close track of that, but I should. It's a lot of work to start plants in March and keep them from freezing or dying off. This year the squash bugs are on everything - including the melons, and it's a battle.

July 22, 2010	#5
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I've got Crimson Sweet, Jubilee, Kleckley's Sweet, Sangria, Sunsweet, Sweet Favorite, and Verona watermelons (one plant each) battling it out in a 20' square 'corral' so they won't overtake the tomatoes and rest of the garden. Only grew the 1st two last year and they were the ones to survive the disease (?) that wiped out the competition. All the above are supposed to be resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose. Seem to have even more problems with smaller melons living long enough to ripen fruit, so I resorted to some early hybrids with multiple disease resistance: Passport, San Juan, Sprite, Honeycomb and Sun Jewel; all grown on trellises with support for the fruits. No disease showing on anything yet, but no ripe fruit either. Hoping to find a couple winners.