growing melon's

[firstimer1]

Hi Topaz thanks for that but when do i plant next year thanks belle

[lynda66]

"we may get 2 months of glorious sunshine now"

I'm off to put my hat in the oven at Gas Mark 5 for 10 minutes to make it slightly less chewy :

will be nice served with custard ...... well it's sunny this morning

[daylily]

Have had no problem growing melons in my unheated greenhouse this year, we potted up 6 plants in each tub and have had in excess of 20 fully ripe fruit and they are still coming. Maybe just beginners luck for me but I can honestly say I have at least a further 10 melons growing.

How many tubs did you have, Topaz?

I find Ogen good, too.

[mandi]

i'm going to try next year with "collective farm woman", a melon which is supposed to ripen in moscow!!!!so who knows might do well here.
anyone tried it before?
i'm hoping getting seed especially for colder climes and poor summers might help!

[moggssue]

I grew a couple of plants this year on my new allotment - they grew far larger than I'd anticipated and took up lots of room (which wasnt a problem for me, being a first timer with space), attracted lots of bees which alone has to be a good thing, and I had one melon per plant. Next year I shall look after them a bit better, I rather ignored them this year, and hope for two per plant (greedy? Who, moi?!). If you have the space, then go for it, but fairly early in the season to give them plenty of 'summertime (I almost jest) to grow.

[daylily]

i'm going to try next year with "collective farm woman", a melon which is supposed to ripen in moscow!!!!so who knows might do well here.
anyone tried it before?
i'm hoping getting seed especially for colder climes and poor summers might help!

You will not be pleased to hear this, Mandi, but Moscow enjoys a rather hot continental summer.

[Topaz]

I grew 18 plants in total so 3 tubs in all, greenhouse looks like an invasion of the triffids but hey so much fruit for hubby to enjoy ( i dont like melon)
I had in excess of 60 plants to start with but gave them away to other people.
I planted mine in February in an unheated greenhouseand planted them up in tubs in May

[Demeter]

I think I must have sowed mine far too late then (May) - will try again next year and start them off early. I'm not having them in the GH though, I think, I'll stick them on the lottie under one of those plastic tunnels.

I tidied mine up today and found LOADS of set fruit. I have kept one per plant so if we get those 2 months of glorious weather I might have as many as 4 melons yet! Realistically, 2 of them are still very small (one an elongated golf ball and the other slightly smaller) but I have hopes for the other two (about tennis ball sized or a bit bigger). They are F1 Sweethearts.

[coffee time]

thanks for all the help and advice. seeds washed and drying just have to wait now