Beginner Gardening: Plant Them or Forget Them?, 1 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
1. Seeds from a market cantaloupe are usually viable.
2. They are usually hybrids or crosses, so they wll usually not be true to cultivar. Usually they are good melons however.

3. They like to planted in the ground altho the Earth Box folks are having success. They like loose moderately fertile soil. The soil neds to worked to a depth of 8 -12 inches and extend for about 4-5 feet around each plant. Un less you live in the desert, no water should be needed until hot dry weather arrives. Here I can usually grow them without irrigation, but if the vines droop exposing the melons it is time to add a bit of water.