melons

[Chicken6]

This year I'm growing or rather try to grow

Minnesota Midget - said to be bred for short summers, sweet smelling and very,very early
Collective Farm Women - early and can be stored for up to two weeks.

Both are cantaloupe melons and both from realseeds so I can save the seeds if I like them

Has anyone had success with these in the past?

[The Riff-Raff Element]

I've no experience with the particular varieties you've mentioned, but I've found melons to be a very straight forward crop.

They seem to be relatively disease free, but watch out for mildew.

Good luck,

[Annpan]

I bought some melon seeds from Lidl today... can't remember the variety. I have my fingers crossed though.

[bodrighy]

I've grown them in a greenhouse from seeds I got fruit fruit. Not massively productive but free and tasty

Pete

[Millymollymandy]

I've yet to grow a melon that was sweet but they were tasty and juicy even when little and were ripened on a window sill because the plants sucumbed to mildew. Will just keep trying - they do prefer a hot summer!

[theabsinthefairy]

We only got a couple of tiny watermelons last year - but did quite well on the other sort (name excapes me) the melons were small but tasty and quite juicy.

Went lovely in a vodka cocktail too!!!

[Chicken6]

Realseeds do say to grow them in a PT or greenhouse but as we are ment to be getting a good summer following a poor spring(which seems to be true)
I'm going to sow extra in a hope of growing outside too.

Thanks for all your replies

[Millymollymandy]

but did quite well on the other sort (name excapes me)

Charentais. I love them!