Sweet, juicy vine-ripened cantaloupes are a special treat from the summer garden. These delightful fruits require lot of heat and sunshine to mature to full sweetness and deep color. Cantaloupes are delicious alone, or they can be dressed up as well. Serve chilled with lemon or lime wedges, top with yogurt or mix with watermelons balls for a tasty and attractive salad or desert.
Sowing: Select a sunny, well-drained location and sow seed in the late spring when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. For earlier crop start indoors 4-5 weeks before setting out. For best results, loosen soil with spade or fork, fertilize with vegetable food and smooth with rake. Firm soil over seed and keep moist.
Care: Keep soil moist and feed monthly. Mulch to conserve moisture.
Harvest: Pick when the blossom end is slightly springy and when the stem separates with a slight pull. For best flavor, ripen on the wine.
Your Health: An excellent source of vitamin A, also supplies Calcium, Iron and Vitamins B and C.
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FROM OUR SEED CATALOG:
- Open-pollinated variety grows on a strong vine and is fusarium wilt resistant. Fruits are 6” round with a sparse net and distinct sutures. Fine eating. 83 days.
(Muskmelon) 700-900/oz. 10 days 75-80F. Sow directly in peat pots or packs. Saleable plants in 3-4 weeks.
More information:
Planting
Depth | Seeds per
Group (Hill)
| Spacing
between
Seeds
| Spacing of
Groups (Hills) | Days to
Germination | | Thin to Plants per Group (Hill) | Days to
Maturity
| 1 /
3 cm
| 6-8 | 3" /
8 cm | 4-6' /
122-183 cm
| 10-20 | 2-3 | 90-100 |
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