Fresh Cantaloupe and Chinese Lanterns!

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Cantalope can be grown in pots to a full-sized and juicy ripeness. Take a quick look at the results of a neglected vine. Also, have you grown these lanterns? What advice or info can you give me? ps: Subscribers will be eligible for a fun event coming up! :)

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It did have special care, that melon, it got the Praxxus treatment! It looks wonderful. I don't think I've ever seen such a lovely seed area. That was glorious. Chinese Lanterns! I loved those when I was a kid. The tickled my fancy. That coloring and the weird seed pods, it appealed to my child brain. I just might try some of those again, they would be something different in my small bed and would really stand out.

Wow looks so fresh

They go by both names. I've just heard them as Japanese lanterns when I first found about about them seeing them grown in Japan so that's what I call them.

he called it a "Chinese Lantern" not Japanese.

If anyone is having trouble finding them the "Japanese lanterns" also go by Poha Berries or cape gooseberries :P I just found some outside of a Chinese place and they said i could steal a pod or two. Wish me luck

I can't grow in the ground where I live. I decided to grow Cantaloupe in a bucket and it is not going well. The plant looks healthy but the fruits just get about the size of a ping-pong ball and then rot. Idk why.

I want seeds!!!

Hey, send some seeds my way please? I live in Malaysia. Any problems?

Cantaloups and musk melons are one of my favorite things to grow. I just start them outside. They like it hot and love rich soil. Right on top of a compost mound. Ive never grown the chinese lantern because its extremly invasive. Its related to the golden berries, or Cape Gooseberry, which Im trying to find seeds for.

Hey Ray.. I live in Montreal so approx same climate as you in Minn. I got these seeds from you and was wondering if you started them indoor last year. Do you think that now would be a good time to start these cantaloup from seed inside? Are they like watermelons and do not transplant well? Sorry for all the questions and thanks a lot for the seeds.. BTW the famous praxxus cherry and the frankenstein pepper are growing well in my basement!! Can wait to move them outside..

if you knotice any bleaching of the skin of your fruits and veggies, it is actually a sunburn. it was a big suprise for me when my watermelons lost some of their leaves due to cabbage worms. (lil bastards) this left the fruit open to the sun. Some people will throw theirs away or in the compost pile. but for me I usually just cut off the offending part.

looks great

Oh that cantaloupe smells so good!

The Chinese Lanterns taste similar to tomato, but the seeds are quite bitter.

@Praxxus55712 Ok thank you... I will!

Wow... That Cantaloupe looks GREAT... it looks as smooth as cream! What is the name of it? I would love to buy some seeds so that my son can try it. Thank you for always uploading videos. I enjoy having a cup of coffee and watching your videos. P.S... You are too funny!

I really like those chinese lanterns. I'll have to look around for some of those next spring/summer. Those are awesome! Thanks for showing those to us!

@MIgardener Pretty cool, huh?!?!

What do you do for bugs?? I grow different things in my backyard here in San Antonio, Texas and always have issues with insects. I try to keep things as non-chemical as possible.

@MegaXtremeguy It wasn't the canteloupe, but the water they were rinsed with that caused the problems. Another reason to buy locally grown, and avoid the mass produced crops.