How to grow cantaloupe or musk melon or honeydew melons

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In today's episode we look at growing the cantaloupe fruit, also called the musk melon or honeydew melon. This baby variety of cantaloupe is not only very fast to grow, its also very delicious. We did not have a lot of space to grow this melon but still managed to get a decent harvest out of this plant. Melons are excellent for health and a great diet food. It helps you lose weight and stay healthy.

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What fertilizers we should use for low nitrogen fertilizer. Will vermicompost be enough ?

i loved it!

I planted mine in July and it is now Sept and it has been chilly at night in Upstate NY, and my watermelon and cantaloupe are still going which I expected it to be done due to the weather change

i have a question how do i grow seeds that i bought from school will it still work?

Question---will cantaloupe come back next year, or do I have to replant?
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Good tip on limiting Nitrogen in the later growing stages. An absolute must to maximize fruit production. I grew two varieties of French Chanterais melons this year, Escorial and Savor. Savor ripens in about 95 days and Escorial in about 110 days. Both were grown from seed and introduced as seedlings April 5 here in zone 10a. Escorial produced a commercial size cantaloupe melon while Savor produced a softball size. Both had excellent flavor, texture and sweetness with Savor my personal favorite. Fertilized 2x in the first 30 days with 21-7-10 and then switched to 0-20-0 foliar weekly through the remainder of the growing season. Five hills produced 40+ fruit although some were lost to squirrel and rabbit damage. Did get both powdery mildew and aphids in mid-July. Soap solution with a tiny shot of rubbing alcohol took care of both issues. Both fruit are superior to supermarket options, fragrant, juicy, sweet with a crispy texture. Soil is sandy loam with chix manure amendment

Thanks for the info.
My problem: Unlike my watermelons, where I can easily tell the difference between the male and female flower, with my cantaloupe, I am having a hard time telling, since they all look about the same to me. We have very very few bees in this area, so I need to hand pollinate. And I have plenty of vines and flowers.
Any help would be welcomed
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I'm growing some cantaloupe this season and I've noticed I have a lot of flowers, but no fruit yet. She has been flowering for about 3-4 weeks. I haven't see ANY bumblebees pollinating the flowers yet either. Is there anyway to attract the bumblebees?

Growing melons now

I found a green caterpillar trying to eat through the cantaloupe's skin. hat are those things and how do I protect my cantaloupe fruits from it?

You're so relaxed and easy to listen to. I like your videos very much. Any tips on getting Israeli canteloupe to germinate? I am having trouble with it. We have a long growing season, so i am lucky I have time to experiment with it. All my other melons have germinated with no trouble at all. But I have seed from two sources for the Israeli and can't get either to germinate. It is my husband's favorite melon, so I want very much to grow it for him. Help!

what kind of soil do you use

big melons :)

Thank you for the tips! Trying my first couple plants. Wish me luck!

nice to see the child also involved in planting the seeds and learning about the outside environment.... loving your video's full of useful tips.....

Good

Hello, Im just wondering how the drainage works when planting in fabric bags? I noticed you had the bag in a plastic bin at one point during the video. Thank you. I really enjoy your videos!

Growing cantaloupe for the first time ever . Liked your video. I hope to see fruit in due time.

When do they start producing fruits?