Growing Melons
Botanical name: Cucumis melo, Cucumis cantalupensisGrowing Melons Organic Gardening Fact Sheet Seed | | | 
| | 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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