sling for melons

[Anny]

My melons are finally growing. They climbed up my egg plant cage. Should I make a sling for the fruit so it doesn't fall off when it gets heavier??

 

[punkin]

I would. An old pair of hose would work great. Slip the melon into the open end and tie it to the cage. The hose will expand as your melon does.

 

[OaklandCityFarmer]

I second the panty hose method suggested by punkin works great!

Great job on growing melons!

 

[PAChickenChick]

Ok...I'm sorry....my very first post on this forum and it's gonna be stupid....but...

When I read this title I just had to laugh my ass off....cause I'm thinking BRA...hahahaha...

Sorry...I wish my melons would grow...oh...nevermind...

but seriously...my watermelon plant is just a HUGE vine with little flowers and that's it!!! Pumpkin plant is the same story....flowers grow...flowers shrivel up...vine just grows and grows....

 

[Anny]

My pumpkin plants is the same way, HUGE vine a few flowers...no pumpkin.

 

[punkin]

Ok...I'm sorry....my very first post on this forum and it's gonna be stupid....but...

When I read this title I just had to laugh my ass off....cause I'm thinking BRA...hahahaha...

Sorry...I wish my melons would grow...oh...nevermind...

but seriously...my watermelon plant is just a HUGE vine with little flowers and that's it!!! Pumpkin plant is the same story....flowers grow...flowers shrivel up...vine just grows and grows....

 

[Grow 4 Food]

You are missing the girl flowers. Give them a little more time, they will show and then the fruits will.

 

[Anny]

Yea i noticed that I didn't have any female flowers. Last year this happened to me to and I never got any I hope I get some this year. Or I might not try growing them next year. Poor pumpkins.

At least my Melons are growing!!!

 

[chickaD]

I wonder if the bee colony collapse problem might be affecting our crops...our butternot squash is more flowers than fruit, and we only got one cuke... NOTHING slows down the zucchini...

 

[blurose]

I can't wait for the pics of your undies in the garden holding up your melons. I just propped my melons on top of an upturned empty flower pot. The vines themselves spill out over a metal garbage can that's been cut in half, thusly corraling the roots and dirt. I did my watermelons the same way. By the way, how do you tell if a cantaloupe is ripe enough to pick. I never seem to leave the grocery store with a ripe one even though my mom taught me to smell and feel the stem end of it.