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Cantaloupe - Hale's Best Melon
Cantaloupe - Hale's Best Melon
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Heirloom pre-1923. Reliable and classic melon with an ideal flavor. Oval, 7” by 6” sized fruits have thick walls with aromatic, sweet, and juicy creamy texture flesh. 75 days.
Cantaloupe melon vines can grow at least 6 feet long, so give them room to spread. They can easily be trained up a supportive trellis if you prefer to keep them off the ground.
Look for the following signs as it does take some practice on telling when they are ready to harvest. The skin tone changes and netting becomes heavy, the ends soften, they will slip from the vines or a gentle tug will pull it away from the vine, a crack develops around the stem, the closet tendril to the stem dries, and the aroma increases when ripe.
Plant Hales Best Melon in fertile soil, amended with compost or well-rotted manure, and keep well watered. They benefit from growing on black plastic and by using row covers for weed, insect control, and more rapid growth.
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