Ok. As you can guess, this post has lots of melon photos...However, these are new melons, and haven't been shown on the blog until now. Feel any better? Anyway, the one below is a French Orange canteloupe...
.....and another.....
.....and 2 more....But wait! These two are special, because they are growing right beside each other as if they might be twins....Hmm...Are you thinking what i'm thinking?" Hey, it just might happen..Haha...
Photo below - a little black diamond watermelon that set fruit on top of the soil in the 4x8 box next to the blackberry patch. Danger of harm by wildlife is at the highest level with this little fella, because it's growing on the side of the box next to the patch itself....Maybe nothing will happen...
Photo below - here's a Crimson Sweet growing on the trellis next to Jude's pen, and continues to get bigger by the day. It's source of water and nutrients come from the 18 gallon swc at the end of the trellis, and i've really been fertilizing it alot lately to plump things up to their full potential...
Photo below - Congo watermelon being grown in the 16 gallon swc made from an old shopvac bucket. This thing sat for like 2 weeks with no growth at all, then decided to go bonkers on me....really weird - both in shape and growing characteristics....
Photo below - another Congo watermelon
Photo below - Jude seems to approve of the melon growing so far, but in reality they're probably only "round things" that can be thrown into the air for her to catch - which of course is what she lives for....Sigh...
In other gardening news, the squash is just about done for the year. Powdery mildew has set in pretty hard, and a couple of plants have been pulled already. That's ok, I'm sick of squash....
Also, the butternut squash is just about ready too, and the first 3 should be ready to pick by week's end. A total of 7 will be a good crop for me, and certainly all that we'll want to eat in the upcoming months...
Take care, and happy gardening
EG
19 comments:
hey ED, marvellous, fantabulous job done! ur post is a treat to the eyes, and the gardener inside me is ofcourse motivated, enjoy ur melons!
Now you are talking my language. I can live without watermelon and honeydew, but cantaloups are my favorite. Yum. They are the only melon I'm growing.
WOW, you are going to be eating a lot of melons soon. Love seeing Jude :)
You must be in melon heaven. Here in Michigan mine are just flowering still - no fruit set and it's half way through summer. Not good.
Jude is looking as gorgeous as ever.
I guess if I had those melons I'd be bragging too! My little squash crop is doing "better than nothing" :o) I'm happy that I'm getting a couple of meals from them, and here you are sick of them already :o)...
I could look at pictures of melons all day long. That congo melon has an outie!
None of those drastic measures are necessary for me EG. I like the pictures. The one of Jude is the best.
She is such a beautiful dog!
I love when you post your melon photos. Im also growing and its nice to compare progress. Im actually growing sugar baby watermelons. I have 4 plants growing in a 6 gallon container, i have 5 decent sized melons growing now.
This is my first time trying it out. I do have a question, how do i know when they are ready to harvest?
Manisha - it's good to hear from you!
Daphne - really? oh, if I had to pick just one to grow- it would definitely be the honeydew...
Grafixmuse - i'm thinking that at least 7 melons should mature at the same time. Boy, won't that be an interesting week?
Sande - aw, that's too bad. However, the house next door is for sale! :)
Gingerbreadshouse7 - well, i'm sure your garden is doing much better than you're telling....
Thomas - that's exactly what I was trying to think of - an outie...
Japanese Redneck - I'm with you - the one of my girl Jude is the best.
Salley - good for you! Everyone should try melons at least once...When the tendril closest to the fruit turns brown and withers away - it's supposed to be ready to harvest. Just as a precaution though, mine are left for another week.
Nice Melons!! I bought some honeydew seeds but ran out of room to plant them...lol Now after seeing your pics i have melon envy!
Mrs. Pickles - aw, that's too bad....I fully understand though - too many things to plant, and not enough room.
You've got some fine looking melons there EG :) I like the one with the outie second best to the pic of Jude!
LOL! With an intro like that I just had to read on! Marvelous melons and Jude is pretty spectacular (as usual) too. :D
*Gasp* They're beautiful! I've missed pictures of Jude. You'll have to do a film again soon.
Robin - thanks, it's a pretty good year for melons.
kitsapFG - i'm glad you liked the intro, and thanks for the compliment....
Ribbit - thanks! Ok, i'll try to get a video of Jude up soon..
The melons look great, EG! Do you see any difference in amount or quality of fruit between growing cantaloupe in a raised bed versus SWC? I am tempted to try growing cantaloupe in a SWC or raised bed next year because some critter is eating the leaves off the ones I have in the ground this year.
CCG - my personal preference would be to grow the watermelon in a raised bed. Growing them in swc's hasn't been too good for me so far...
Hi EG, thanks for answering my question.... I've been looking through all your past postings on SWCs and I am interested in the way the yogurt cup that wicks water up to the plant works. I have a lot of assorted little containers around, but none seem to be exactly the same size and shape of what looks to be a 1-cup yogurt container. If I had something that was narrower than a yogurt cup, would it work in place of the yogurt cup, and would I have to make the little 7/64 inch hole any bigger? Thanks!
CCG - no problem - what's important is that all of the cups or bowls used in the swc are identical. Some of mine are made with margarine bowls, others with yogurt cups.
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