Melons

[zazen999]

It's a way to get you to spend LOOOOOOOOOOOAADS of dosh!

It's a way to get people who care about that sort of thing to spend loads of dosh. Wouldn't touch either of them with Bob's bargepole.

[Glutton4...]

It's a way to get people who care about that sort of thing to spend loads of dosh. Wouldn't touch either of them with Bob's bargepole.

Does Bob have a bargepole?

[SarzWix]

Links to famous fashion designers = Spam Central... Edits have occurred

[Glutton4...]

Links to famous fashion designers = Spam Central... Edits have occurred

Bummocks - sorry!


* hangs head in shame..

[vicky]

Bad girl!
I've Hero of Lockinge germinating but don't have high hopes based on my past melon growing failures....

[SarzWix]

Bummocks - sorry!


* hangs head in shame..

I'll forgive you But Missus Funky 'bena up there ^ oughtta know better! Suspect she's takin' the wee-wee a bit...

[SarzWix]

Oh, and my 'grow this year or I never try again' attempt at melons last year failed miserably again - got lots of teeny fruits, but none of em grew. So that's it, I'm not wasting space on them again until I get a mahoosive polytunnel

[zazen999]

I'll forgive you But Missus Funky 'bena up there ^ oughtta know better! Suspect she's takin' the wee-wee a bit...

???

Taking the P outta what? Sorry - I have no comprehension of ladies bags - I really don't!!!

[SarzWix]

Really? Okay, I'll let you off this time... But if I catch you quoting any more naughty links from someone else's posts....

[zazen999]

I didn't know they were naughty links, I never clicked on them!!!

I couldn't be LESS interested in ladies bags.....

[hailtryfan]

Are we still talking about melons?

I'm growing four plants, 2 in my cold frame and 2 in the greenhouse. I'm going to pinch out the tips to hopefully get four shoots on each plant and one melon per shoot. Any other flowers will be pinched out so the plants can focus their attention.

This is my first bash at melons so please someone let me know if this sounds crazy.

Growing Canteloupe F1 Sweetheart as it's meant to mature early.

Fingers crossed X

[zazen999]

At last - some sensible talk

[Kristen]

I've grown lots of cantaloupe melons, and several types, over the years (in a cold greenhouse). Sweetheart have always done well, even in years when I neglected them (i.e. didn't have time for training, pinching out, and hand pollinating).

In years when I did have time Hearts of Gold, Edonis and others who's names I've forgotten never gave me 4-fruit-per-plant as promised in the seed catalogues!

I've grown water melon once, but it was a year of neglected growing, so they never really had a chance, but I decided we didn't really like Water Melon THAT much, so haven't bothered to try again.

[timethatthetaleweretold]

In previous years I've failed with Sugar Baby and Blacktail.

This year I failed with Minnesota Midget.
(sowed too early and they just got unhappy.)

Not sure whether to try again with a fresh sowing...

My thought is that a nice cucumber is just as tasty and juicy as a melon and has the advantage of thriving in in England.

[TonyF]

I grew tham at a chum's place a couple of years ago and we had about 20 off three plants, between 2 families.

I actually bought two plants yesterday, one is a graft and the other non-grafted, same type, just to experiment with and to see whether the current fad for grafting makes any difference. The plants will go into one of my half metre square planting boxed, some soil broken up in the bottom, some home made compost and lots of fresh hoss poo and I'm growing them up the fruit arch and if they fruit, will have the melons in net bags.

If they get too big, don't want them heading south