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Re: Minn. Midget melons

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At 11:18 AM -0400 4/6/0, Trudi Davidoff wrote to the sq. ft. list:
>I will be growing some Minn. Midget melons too. Do they have a certain
>tell tale look about them when they're ripe, i.e. the skins turn golden,
>or the leaf above the melon turns yellow?
>Also, as I am trellising them would you recommend a spacing of one plant
>every 6" or 12".

I think that Mel recommends spacing at one per sq ft.
My trellis was along a 16 ft. raised bed, and I spaced at wider 18 in.
intervals.
Yes, the skin does turn more golden, and Minn. Midgets slip, pull away from
the stem when ripe.  It's also easy to lean over and smell them with the
vines growing vertically.
-Ted      SE Pennsylvania    zone 6B


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