Melon Ripening Time

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• Subject: Melon Ripening Time
• From: D* H* <d*@TGN.NET>
• Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:28:06 -0500

I read somewhere that watermelons are ready to pick 35 days after the female
flower opens for pollenation.  Does anyone have practical knowledge of this
35 day figure?  Also, I'm growing a French cantaloupe this year that is grey
rind and red meat.  I guess it probably is in another family other than
muskmelons.  Is there a rule of thumb as to when charentaris type melons are
ready to pick--35 days or some other figure??  I'm asking on the belief that
this type melon is not full-slip ripe as are muskmelons.
Doreen Howard
doreen@tgn.net
Zone 9b-50 miles south of HOT-ston, TX

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