Compact Melons?

Hatgirl · December 13, 2016

Well, my parcel from RareSeeds/Baker Creek arrived yesterday. I may have gone a bit overboard

I bought 10 varietes of melon and 4 varietes of watermelon. All of them mature at 70 days or less. I'm going to try and see if any of them manage to mature outdoors this summer in the incredibly unsuitable environment of a windswept Irish mountain. Wish me luck!

Jimbotomateo · December 13, 2016

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Originally Posted by Hatgirl

Well, my parcel from RareSeeds/Baker Creek arrived yesterday. I may have gone a bit overboard

I bought 10 varietes of melon and 4 varietes of watermelon. All of them mature at 70 days or less. I'm going to try and see if any of them manage to mature outdoors this summer in the incredibly unsuitable environment of a windswept Irish mountain. Wish me luck!

Good luck Hatgirl! 14 melon varieties are really not that many.

imp · January 29, 2017

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Originally Posted by Hatgirl

Well, my parcel from RareSeeds/Baker Creek arrived yesterday. I may have gone a bit overboard

I bought 10 varietes of melon and 4 varietes of watermelon. All of them mature at 70 days or less. I'm going to try and see if any of them manage to mature outdoors this summer in the incredibly unsuitable environment of a windswept Irish mountain. Wish me luck!

Put down black plastic about 2 weeks before you plan to plant out to warm the soil- melons like hot feet. If you can make a wind break of some sort to help catch the heat and slow it getting away or to act as a heat sink for you. Maybe a hoop house over each melon with both sides open ( like a row cover with the ends open? I am describing this badly, LOL, but to help keep in the heat.

Hatgirl · January 29, 2017

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Originally Posted by imp

Put down black plastic about 2 weeks before you plan to plant out to warm the soil- melons like hot feet. If you can make a wind break of some sort to help catch the heat and slow it getting away or to act as a heat sink for you. Maybe a hoop house over each melon with both sides open ( like a row cover with the ends open? I am describing this badly, LOL, but to help keep in the heat.

I have plastic hoop cloche, and a fleece cloche. I'm going to find out which works better. But the.main difficulty will be stopping them from blowing away! The wind is very strong here

December 13, 2016	#1
Hatgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 211	Well, my parcel from RareSeeds/Baker Creek arrived yesterday. I may have gone a bit overboard I bought 10 varietes of melon and 4 varietes of watermelon. All of them mature at 70 days or less. I'm going to try and see if any of them manage to mature outdoors this summer in the incredibly unsuitable environment of a windswept Irish mountain. Wish me luck!