Free Seeds From 2011/Wanted Collective Farm Woman Seeds

[ninnymary]

I probably should have posted this earlier before some of you ordered seeds, but I have the following for anyone who is interested. Don't worry about postage.

Leek - Ferry Morse (opened pkg.)
Squash Yellow Scallop - Baker Creek (unopened pkg.)
Black From Tula tomatoe - Baker Creek (opened pkg.)

I am also looking for Collective Farm Woman seeds. I only need about 3 seeds since my garden is so small.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

I'll check my seeds Mary, but I'm pretty certain I have Collective Farm Woman. I'll let you have them, they're from 2011.

 

[ninnymary]

Thistle.. you don't have to give me the collective farm woman seeds to get those that I have. Anyone is welcome to them. Just let me know.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Oh no, Mary, I wasn't thinking of a swap, I just have some seed left and wasn't planning on doing melons this year.
They're yours if you want them.

 

[ninnymary]

Yes!...I'll take them. I heard they do well in cool summers so I want to try them. Don't know yet if I'll plant in the ground or try a big pot. One of my favorite fruits is cantelope and I just wish I could grow some!

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Oooo, a big pot would be cool! They don't get huge vines, and the melons are small, so you could even trellis them if you wanted.

 

[Greenthumb18]

Yes!...I'll take them. I heard they do well in cool summers so I want to try them. Don't know yet if I'll plant in the ground or try a big pot. One of my favorite fruits is cantelope and I just wish I could grow some!

Mary

Mary,

Try growing the melons on a trellis, trust me it makes a complete difference than growing them on the ground. For years I've always grown melons on the ground with no luck. Just this past summer I tried melons on a trellis and what a difference that made! I had so many melons on the trellis, plus it saves space and you get less problems with diseases like powdery mildew.

Especially here in my short season climate a trellis helps bring in a harvest much easier!!

 

[Dascountry]

I just read about trellising the melons today on a another site. Then I read this...well living here in northern MI I have never been satisfied the way the melons turned out...to small, not ripe, very few. Such a short season here zone 4 so I'm going to try the trellis this year.

 

[Teka]

I could never grow melons -- seemed that they always got frosted out after I got one or two. Last year I tried a new strategy.

I took the top of a car carrier and made it into a big raised bed. I filled it with straw and compost, and planted 4 varieties inthe big bed -- in late March. But -- I covered the whole bed with plastic, using black plastic pipe as hoops. Once the danger of frost was past, I let the vines ramble out from the bed. Finally, melons. This year, I've emptied out the bed and filled the water holes I'd drilled in the carrier, putting in new ones farther up the side so the bed holds water a little longer before it drains away. I also moved the bed a little closer to the rest of the garden... the raccoons and possums stole a lot of my melons last year!

I also made two raised beds along a fence and used it as a trellis. For gourds, it worked great. For melons, not so well -- I've read about using slings made of nylons or such to hold up the melons. I planned to do these but the weight of the fruits pulled the vines and split them when the meolons were very small.

 

[ninnymary]

I have 3 plants planted in a hugh pot on my deck where it's nice and warm. They just got their 2nd leaves. I don't think I'll trellis them. I am babying them and have several chairs where they can ramble over. Plus the deck is nice and dry. Right now they seem to be growing very slowly but hopefully I'll get melons!

Mary