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Re: Melon update-can we compare notes?

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Hi Teresa and all,
I grew sugar baby melons this year on a round tressil made of four in square 
wire mesh.  It is very sturdy wire and about 2 1/2 ft. in diameter. It 
occupies a 3x 3 ft space in a long bed.  I really added a lot to the soil and 
reworked the beds this year and it seems to be paying off.  I planted four 
seeds indoors in late march and set them out in late May(trimming off one 
plant--leaving three).  Yesterday I put pink pantyhose slings on six melons 
from baseball size to softball size and then noticed under a couple of leaves 
a dark green round object the size of a large cant(Yippie).  There are also 
about 4 or five olive size ones comming higher up on the trellis.
Nothing really seemed to be happening until I pinched off the tips of each 
vine and then wow, they really took off.   
I love raised beds, square footing, Mel soil and mulch---I've never had a 
good melon crop before.
Bonnie C.
Mt.zone 5 Ut. USA


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