Excellent information. I have at least 12 giant melons and lots of little babies from 3 germinated seeds! Hand pollinated until the bees took over. Compost rich soil in raised beds with trellis, full sun and plenty of water each morning. Only concern is when they are fully ripe.
That is the hard part! lol! Hopefully... you will be able to tell by the weight, and other things mentioned in my video. They don't change color, or anything... so ripe? Sigh...like I said... that's the hard part. Just pay close attention to the weight, and count the days.
I put all of the seeds from my melon in the ground. It only took 3 days to germinate. A lot are growing. I’m going to have an overwhelmed small garden; but I’ll manage to control them. I thought about letting them climb up, too, due to the small space; & I have more plants very close. Thanks for the when-it’s-ready information.
That explains why I'm having trouble pollinating. I got a few fruits to set so far, but have lost dozens because the temps are just too high. Even overnight it's around 85. Also at dawn we get a lot of dew, so there is such a short window to pollinate when the dew has somewhat dried up but the sun isn't scorching yet.
Well, at least you know the problem. Heat is an enemy.. I've quit gardening outside... too hot. Global warming is a real thing, although I don't take a political stance on it. Deal is... it's just TOO HOT for pollen to be viable. Um... not sure what else to say, and stay out of political debates... I've taken my gardening inside... hydroponics.
Wow this is very helpful. I didnt know that there are female and male flowers and that they can be pollinated manually. First time to plant fruit vines and I really dont know what to do now that they have two new true leaves. Tnx for the video❤😊
Now that they have 2 true leaves... just wait! It's pretty difficult to mess these guys up. Just keep them watered, and you'll be fine! The hardest part of this is knowing when they are ready to harvest.
idea...I found by pure accident how to make a pot larger...just fill the pot with potting soil, then put another smaller or medium size pot or can with both sides open...put it inside the main pot at the surface of the main pot...just push down just a bit to secure it...then fill the second pot with potting soil and plant your seedling...voila...
With potting mix that thing might bear fruits in 3 weeks. Just throw them in the ground and they grow like grass and in grass lands. That is just a squash. So you just throw it on the ground. Well the Canteloupe is like that. But honey dew are most expensive. I have never tried honey dews.
I'm in zone 8b, southern WA. I have many melons on the vine. Our temps are dropping to 40s and 50s at night and highs 60s. Will those melons still ripen?
@BestBudsGardening I planted them in late May. However, the blossoms were not getting pollinated, so I intervened with some honey dew blossom promiscuity in late Aug.
I never knew the fact about needing to pollinate early in the day while the temps are cooler! Thanks for the info!
I never knew and now I can do a dew. Thank you for the great info.
Excellent information. I have at least 12 giant melons and lots of little babies from 3 germinated seeds! Hand pollinated until the bees took over. Compost rich soil in raised beds with trellis, full sun and plenty of water each morning. Only concern is when they are fully ripe.
That is the hard part! lol! Hopefully... you will be able to tell by the weight, and other things mentioned in my video. They don't change color, or anything... so ripe? Sigh...like I said... that's the hard part. Just pay close attention to the weight, and count the days.
I put all of the seeds from my melon in the ground. It only took 3 days to germinate. A lot are growing. I’m going to have an overwhelmed small garden; but I’ll manage to control them. I thought about letting them climb up, too, due to the small space; & I have more plants very close. Thanks for the when-it’s-ready information.
Glad it was helpful.
I'm going get a honey dew melon tomorrow and will plant the seed. My cantaloupe is almost ready. Let's do this!
@@BestBudsGardeningWhen the melon is close to ripening, should we slack off with watering it?
Superb. Julie
Thank you
Well, thank you!
Great video, I'm growing one now! 😊
Great!!! Enjoy! Let me know how it goes!
Awesome channel! 🤘🏼
Thank you!
That explains why I'm having trouble pollinating. I got a few fruits to set so far, but have lost dozens because the temps are just too high. Even overnight it's around 85. Also at dawn we get a lot of dew, so there is such a short window to pollinate when the dew has somewhat dried up but the sun isn't scorching yet.
Well, at least you know the problem. Heat is an enemy.. I've quit gardening outside... too hot. Global warming is a real thing, although I don't take a political stance on it. Deal is... it's just TOO HOT for pollen to be viable. Um... not sure what else to say, and stay out of political debates... I've taken my gardening inside... hydroponics.
Wow this is very helpful. I didnt know that there are female and male flowers and that they can be pollinated manually. First time to plant fruit vines and I really dont know what to do now that they have two new true leaves. Tnx for the video❤😊
Now that they have 2 true leaves... just wait! It's pretty difficult to mess these guys up. Just keep them watered, and you'll be fine! The hardest part of this is knowing when they are ready to harvest.
idea...I found by pure accident how to make a pot larger...just fill the pot with potting soil, then put another smaller or medium size pot or can with both sides open...put it inside the main pot at the surface of the main pot...just push down just a bit to secure it...then fill the second pot with potting soil and plant your seedling...voila...
Awesome idea!!
Do you ever plant the coffee can into the ground? I’m curious if these spread and the reason for the can it to keep it contained to one area
The reason for the can was so my yard guy could weed eat around the can.
does the plant ever stop bearing or does it stop bearing after it has bared once
You can usually get up to 5 melons per plant before it exhausts itself.
With potting mix that thing might bear fruits in 3 weeks. Just throw them in the ground and they grow like grass and in grass lands. That is just a squash. So you just throw it on the ground. Well the Canteloupe is like that. But honey dew are most expensive. I have never tried honey dews.
Well... melons are not squash. But, I thank you for the expert advice.
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I might have missed it in the video, but how many months until producing fruit from a seed?
Harvest is 75 to 100 days later.
@@BestBudsGardening thank you
That was a total of how much time from seed to harvest?
Should be somewhere from 75 to 100 days, depending on water, temperature, etc.
Why am I not getting any flowers with the baby melon??I have many male flowers
Males come first... females about 2 weeks later... heat will also determine when the females appear.
Can I ask u one day watering u melon how many times
I watered mine deeply once a day
What if your plant only gets male no female
I'm in zone 8b, southern WA. I have many melons on the vine. Our temps are dropping to 40s and 50s at night and highs 60s. Will those melons still ripen?
It depends on when you planted them (how old they are.)
@BestBudsGardening I planted them in late May. However, the blossoms were not getting pollinated, so I intervened with some honey dew blossom promiscuity in late Aug.
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