http://www.joyfulabode.com/2009/10/13/gardening-cantaloupe-update/ Domesticity by Trial and Error Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.joyfulabode.com/2009/10/13/gardening-cantaloupe-update/comment-page-1/#comment-33033 JoyfulAbode Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:17:58 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/?p=1760#comment-33033 I trained them to grow vertically. I was surprised at how easily they took to it (on a nylon net trellis from Burpee), same with the watermelons. The reason I think I might not do that next year though is because they get very bushy and block the sunlight from reaching the other plants, and they also tend to try to grab on to the other plants. I trained them to grow vertically. I was surprised at how easily they took to it (on a nylon net trellis from Burpee), same with the watermelons. The reason I think I might not do that next year though is because they get very bushy and block the sunlight from reaching the other plants, and they also tend to try to grab on to the other plants.

]]> http://www.joyfulabode.com/2009/10/13/gardening-cantaloupe-update/comment-page-1/#comment-33015 Mangochild Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:47:48 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/?p=1760#comment-33015 How big were the boxes you used for the cantalope? I imagine it would need a big one - or do you train the vines on the outside? How big were the boxes you used for the cantalope? I imagine it would need a big one – or do you train the vines on the outside?

]]> http://www.joyfulabode.com/2009/10/13/gardening-cantaloupe-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32075 JoyfulAbode Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:17:58 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/?p=1760#comment-32075 I trained them to grow vertically. I was surprised at how easily they took to it (on a nylon net trellis from Burpee), same with the watermelons. The reason I think I might not do that next year though is because they get very bushy and block the sunlight from reaching the other plants, and they also tend to try to grab on to the other plants. I trained them to grow vertically. I was surprised at how easily they took to it (on a nylon net trellis from Burpee), same with the watermelons. The reason I think I might not do that next year though is because they get very bushy and block the sunlight from reaching the other plants, and they also tend to try to grab on to the other plants.

]]> http://www.joyfulabode.com/2009/10/13/gardening-cantaloupe-update/comment-page-1/#comment-33016 JoyfulAbode Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:17:58 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/?p=1760#comment-33016 I trained them to grow vertically. I was surprised at how easily they took to it (on a nylon net trellis from Burpee), same with the watermelons. The reason I think I might not do that next year though is because they get very bushy and block the sunlight from reaching the other plants, and they also tend to try to grab on to the other plants. I trained them to grow vertically. I was surprised at how easily they took to it (on a nylon net trellis from Burpee), same with the watermelons. The reason I think I might not do that next year though is because they get very bushy and block the sunlight from reaching the other plants, and they also tend to try to grab on to the other plants.

]]> http://www.joyfulabode.com/2009/10/13/gardening-cantaloupe-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32074 Mangochild Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:47:48 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/?p=1760#comment-32074 How big were the boxes you used for the cantalope? I imagine it would need a big one - or do you train the vines on the outside? How big were the boxes you used for the cantalope? I imagine it would need a big one – or do you train the vines on the outside?

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