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Growing Melons

Botanical name: Cucumis melo, Cucumis cantalupensis

Growing Melons Organic Gardening Fact Sheet

Seed

 

Melons

Melons-2

Planting time: SU
Seeds per ounce: 1000
Ounces per square foot: 0.008
Minimum legal germination rate: 75%
Germination type:

Short Germinating seeds

 

Notes
Melons takes patience and are easy to grow. As your Melons grow it’s a good idea to mulch the plants with mulch or compost. Melons need plenty of water during the growing season and full sun.

 

Planting

   
In garden spacing (inches): 15  
In flat spacing (inches): 2  
Planting depth (inches): 1
Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: .8
Nutrient relationship:: Heavy Feeder
   

Harvest

 

Days to maturity: 84-119
Harvesting period (days): 91
Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: .5
   
     

Cultural

Diseases: Alternaria Leaf Spot, Anthracnose, Bacterial Wilt, Blossom-End Rot, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Gummy Stem Blight, Powdery Mildew..
Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) Bean Aphid, Green Peach Aphid, Pickleworm, Spider Mites, Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Squash Bug, Squash Vine Borer, Striped Cucumber Beetle
   

Varieties

Amarillo Oro, Amish, Ananas, Banana, Casaba Golden Beauty, Charentais, Collective Farm Woman, Crenshaw, Delicious, Eden’s Gem, Emerald Gem, Hearts Of Gold, Honeydew Green Flesh, Honeydew Orange Flesh, Honey Rock, Jenny Lind, Minnesota Midget, Onoir Des Carmes, Old Original Israeli, Piel De Sapo, Prescott Fond Blanc, Pride Of Wisconsin, Queen Anne’s Pocket Melon, Rocky Ford Green Flesh, Sweet Passion, Top Mark, Yellow Canary, White Crenshaw

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