Re: trellised melons

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• To: p*@EROLS.COM
• Subject: Re: trellised melons
• From: o*@JUNO.COM (John Orwick)
• Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 10:28:05 EDT
• References: <v03007803b1c15ec8fa6a@[207.172.173.10]>

If your trellis is more than one season old I suggest adding individual
lines for reinforcement. I had a trellis break last year when fully
loaded with tomatoes.
It was in it's third season. 

On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:59:58 -0400 Ted Patterson <patters@EROLS.COM>
writes:
>I'm late planting, but still hoping to sneak in a crop of Charentais
>melons, grown vertically.
>I would appreciate any tips on growing melons on a trellis.
>I have the nylon cord 7 inch mesh on a wood frame.  Is the nylon mesh
>sufficient, or should I run individual twine lines for the melon 
>plants?
>Any tips on tieing, support, mulching, etc. would be appreciated.
>Thanks. --Ted
>
>Ted Patterson     patters@erols.com     Wayne, PA     usda zone 6B
>
>
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