What's been goin' on with melons where you guys are?

Over here I'm currently germinating honeydew seeds.

Mine are up and running but no blossoms yet.

That's great Dillard! What type of melons are they?

Watermelons: Dark Belle, Gold N Gold, Sweet Favorite, Compadre. Cantaloupe: El Gordo Honeydew: Sweet Delight. Getting old, had to cut back this year. No Crenshaw or Spanish types

Oooooo, the cantaloupe sounds really nice right now. I'm very new to melons, so I have to ask: when will the cantaloupes and watermelons be ready to harvest?

I can usually get early ones for July 4.

That's great! I bet you're glad when that time comes around 😋

One day at a time. Right now I am gorging on spring salads. Lettuce, pak choy. spinach, radishes, onions. Blueberries beginning to ripen. Summer squash maybe a week away.

Wow! That's great to hear Dillard! When we move (which is hopefully before fall) I am hoping to have a berry garden.

I have Ha'Ogen

https://www.rareseeds.com/stor...

Charentais

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Hearts of Gold

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And a Burpee's Ambrosia, I've been growing this one for years.

For watermelons, I have Sugar Baby, and Crimson Sweet.

That's great!
Sorry if I misunderstood, but did you mean that you've been growing watermelons for years?

I grow Ambrosia for years, they are so sweet when I withhold water at the end. Yes, I also grow watermelons for at least 10 years, I live to grow melons. Everything else is secondary.

I am having troubles with germination (about 30% so far), but it seems to be the trend with Cucurbitaceae this year here. I am seeding some more melons more later today and hope for the best.

Since I am the greatest watermelon lover in the universe (according to my mother) I would love to grow them but I lack the room and these hills are not the best environment for them. Funny thing is I could get watermelon seeds from Central Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan etc) which are very old fashioned cultivars, meaning smaller and with a much thinner rind than modern cultivars so popular in Europe and the US.

I grow watermelon in container, I don't have room so I will try to train them to climb my fruit tree. Last year somehow the watermelons were not developed properly, they are not round, a bit lopsided for some reason.

farmerdill said:Mine are up and running but no blossoms yet.

Dillard, I had a volunteer Mini Love hybrid come up in the garden from where I planted them two years ago! It's probably only 16" long or so and already has a couple of blooms on it. I'm not sure what will come out of it but I'm watering it!!

You may not notice any difference from last year

I planted three hills of Mini Loves this year but the volunteer is *way* outgrowing and healthier than the ones from new seed. It will be interesting to see what I get.

ElPolloDiablo said:I am having troubles with germination (about 30% so far), but it seems to be the trend with Cucurbitaceae this year here.

How do you germinate your watermelons @ElPolloDiablo?

Intheswamp said:

Dillard, I had a volunteer Mini Love hybrid come up in the garden from where I planted them two years ago! It's probably only 16" long or so and already has a couple of blooms on it. I'm not sure what will come out of it but I'm watering it!!

That's great Ed!

SoCalGardenNut said:I grow watermelon in container

So the watermelons do well in your containers? Because I wasn't sure if I was going to have transplant my honeydews to the ground.