Cantaloupe

Raised Bed Melons...

I took a look in the raised bed filled with just melons, cantaloupes and bush sugar babies. I wanted to see if there were any new watermelons, without holes, growing. I found one and I am happy to report it was hole and bite free. I guess reinforcing that fence, place in the fence, was the thing we needed. As I was looking in the bed for watermelons I found a few hidden cantaloupes, up high, supporting themselves on the tomato vines. The super sweet 100's spread out all over the place so it is only natural that the spreading cantaloupe vines would seek support on the higher parts without trellis support. We have 6 sizable and viable cantaloupes growing at least one foot off the ground, if not more, each. 

Largest to smallest going counter clockwise. Lowest to highest placement going clockwise. With the growth they drag down a bit, gravity and all! 

Cantaloupe in first stage growing on the now transferred, into the Patch raised bed, container cantaloupe plant.