The cantaloupe is measuring 48 in. CC. estimating between 36 and 41 pounds. Alabama Corp. Ext. office is checking to see what the state record is = if there is one.
one cantaloupe measuring 38 in, one is 35 in
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This time I will only say and wish you (HOPE)!!!!!
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The cantaloupe is near 40 lbs. 50" circumference.
Another at 42 in. CC
Another at 36 in CC
Sunflower is about 13 days old and the seedy center is 15 inches.
Lots of storm damage to garden plants. Giant sunflower was partially uprooted. Greenhouse poly ripped off.
Cantaloupe still growing.
Pollinated a large pumpkin but not sure if its gonna make it after all the plant damage.
My cantelopes have no sets, all I've got this year is a couple of little WM.
that is cute. It looks like a shiny green christmas tree ball.
I haven't looked at the cantaloupe this morning. The one that has the giant is setting more fruits and the giant is about 42 lbs and its not ripening yet.
I know it is not in keeping with the thread bu the drought has played with my vegies.
this is from this morning; Three or 4 times larger since it rained last night, pic doesn't show the diff.
I didn't grow a giant pumpkin, but I surely grew a giant cantaloupe.
Yes.....the dry hot weather has destroyed many crops around here. Big fields of melons have shriveled to nothing. The farmers are very upset.
good luck with your melons. Just gotta water them yourself during drought.
Okay!! AND A WAY TO GO GIRL!! How about the final weigh in.? I s that melon as heavy as it looks?say 64 pds? 82pds?
And; All I knew was that those melons like that hot weather, And that one did!!!
45 lbs
Wow!!!! Congrats CG. The dry hot weather has been terrible. Did you get any rain from the last thunder storm this past Sunday night onto Monday morning? We've gotten alot of flat floods around here.
Yes. Had a long hard rain with strong winds. Look like a thousand miniature tornadoes flying around in the rain. It tore up a lot of plants. I think it also surfaced my newly sown carrot seeds. I just sprinkled another thin layer of soil over the carrot bed in hopes they germinate under the soil.
That was the fastest ripening melon I have ever seen. It was light green yesterday and by this morning it was yellow. I thought it was going to take a few days. Good thing I checked on it this morning. The stem had started to separate from the melon.
I must say, CG. Yours is the largest cantaloupe I've ever laid eyes on! Great job. I must be jumping with joy to find it's ripen so quickly...over night. Whoa! Oh, do tell how sweet its flavor is? I'm munching on some ripe cataloupe -- and dreaming of taking a bite out of that big one! I love melons. DH prefers apples and oranges over melons, but melons are my things. lol
medium sweetness but it is a mild sweetness closer to the rind. It had a really strong cantaloupe aroma. I have heard different info on its taste and I think that just has everything to do with the soil. Mine was sweet.
I have heard that giants don't taste good. .....again.....the secret is in the soil.
I have an off topic question, please.
I know you're supposed to keep certain fruits like okra picked in order for the plant to keep cranking them out. Does this hold true for bell peppers?
I ask because I must be growing miniature veggies. I've left them on the plant for what I think is long enough for them to get LARGE, but, it ain't happening. So, I've decided what the average size is, and will be clipping them off at that point.
Does leaving them on cause the plant to slow/shut down production, thinking it's finished?
Thanks!
Linda
Bell peppers are a small tropical tree ,think of them as a crab apple that grows in poor soil,they keep producing all the time.Then again of three or four times I've grown them,only one ever produced to the size it was suppose to ,like yours many were small.water ,nutrients, temperature, who's to say?always with the weather factor.
Hey Cricket.that's great your's were edible, mine were sour and flat,I'm a little envious!(LOL) Fun and table goodies too!!!
bells........the first on the plant always grow larger cause they get the nutrients first. The rest above that are smaller. I have grown some really big bells but I grow the type that grows large bells.
The plant slows down to a snail crawl when the plant is loaded with bells cause the nutrients is going into the fruit.. So yes, after you start cutting the bells off, it will start growing again and putting out more blooms to produce gain.
Thanks, Cricket!
I thought I had finally ordered seeds for some really big bells, which is what I have been desperately trying to get. I guess I ordered the wrong type of bells AGAIN...
Any tips on LARGE bell peppers would be truly appreciated. My plants are getting tall, and they continue to put out blooms. Everything I've read says NOT to fertilize bells, cause then I'll get lush foliage and very little fruits.
I'm about to give up on trying...please, any further advice is worth your cantaloupe's weight in gold!
Linda
STATE RECORD FOR PUMPKIN HERE IS 1,139 PDS 2010
I fertilize bell peppers regularly with normal recommended regular dose until it is loaded with bells, then I fertilizer lightly but regularly until I have picked most all of them and then I start normal dose again until it is loaded........etc.
I also have to shade the plant in the late afternoon when it is loaded with bells cause they scorch in the heat like toms do.
When you prepare your soil, add 2 to 3 tbs. of bone meal and lime.......lime just like you would for tomatoes.
I also like to water with a little kelp occasionally.
I grew 2 peppers that weighed 1 pound. each this year.
This message was edited Aug 4, 2012 8:25 AM
Wow!!!!!! That's what I want to do!!!! Thanks, Cricket!
that was
Super Heavyweight Bell Pepper (hybrid)