ok so i have a small melon patch planned for my front yard where we took out some NASTY old shrubbery. actually the whole front is fruit
blueberries, raspberrys, strawberries and the melons (but i digress)
anyway, i have 3 small pots of cantaloupe seeds i started, each pot has 2 small seedlings growing happily. i had gotten seedless watermelon seeds and my first attempt failed and from what ppl told me on here i thought it was cuz we keep our house too cold at night. so i started over, now that its warm and rarely is below 65 inside or out. i even soaked these seeds for 24 hrs in some of that neptune fish/seaweed emulsion fertilizer to give them a little kick! then i planted them in peat pots filled with the awesome compost we got to fill our raised beds (our veggies LOVE this stuff)!! so that was probably a good 3 weeks ago and NOTHING....since then i planted one little pot with 2 sugarbaby seeds (for pollination) and they are going well just as the cantaloupes are. do you all think the seeds were bad? or am i just not destined to have seedless melons this yr?? wwy'all do? if i buy new seeds now, should i just put them straight in the ground? (im 6b)
also, any other melon advice would be appreciated!! should i thin or separate my other pots to one plant or is it ok it do mounds when i transplant and put them both into one mound just as they are in the pot?
thanks so much for all your wisdom
blueberries, raspberrys, strawberries and the melons (but i digress)anyway, i have 3 small pots of cantaloupe seeds i started, each pot has 2 small seedlings growing happily. i had gotten seedless watermelon seeds and my first attempt failed and from what ppl told me on here i thought it was cuz we keep our house too cold at night. so i started over, now that its warm and rarely is below 65 inside or out. i even soaked these seeds for 24 hrs in some of that neptune fish/seaweed emulsion fertilizer to give them a little kick! then i planted them in peat pots filled with the awesome compost we got to fill our raised beds (our veggies LOVE this stuff)!! so that was probably a good 3 weeks ago and NOTHING....since then i planted one little pot with 2 sugarbaby seeds (for pollination) and they are going well just as the cantaloupes are. do you all think the seeds were bad? or am i just not destined to have seedless melons this yr?? wwy'all do? if i buy new seeds now, should i just put them straight in the ground? (im 6b)
also, any other melon advice would be appreciated!! should i thin or separate my other pots to one plant or is it ok it do mounds when i transplant and put them both into one mound just as they are in the pot?
thanks so much for all your wisdom








