Fresh Cantaloupe and Chinese Lanterns!
Cantalope can be grown in pots to a full-sized and juicy ripeness. Take a quick look at the results of a neglected vine. Also, have you grown these lanterns? What advice or info can you give me? ps: Subscribers will be eligible for a fun event coming up! 🙂
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Hi Ray! This is a follow up to the reply you gave me a few weeks ago regarding my cucumber beetle infestation. Guess what? YOUR TIP WORKED! The plants are back in business! I’ve got little green cantaloupe fruits setting on the vine and a quickly growing crookneck that is now far past the “shrivel & die” stage. I’m so excited! Thank you!! 😀 😀 😀
cellophanetower
December 19, 2012 at 3:36 am
I can’t grow in the ground where I live. I decided to grow Cantaloupe in a bucket and it is not going well. The plant looks healthy but the fruits just get about the size of a ping-pong ball and then rot. Idk why.
Max Power
December 19, 2012 at 4:18 am
I spray with pyrethrin and it seems to kill pretty much every moving bug it hits but leaves no residue so won’t harm any beneficials that mosey on by later.
Praxxus55712
December 19, 2012 at 4:31 am
Hey Ray, I’ve got some cantaloupe vining along a trellis. Its been putting out a lot of flowers but few are going to fruit. Out of frustration from the lack of bees, I got out my paintbrush. Just as I approached the flowers, I noticed that my flowers have cucumber beetles! One in each flower. Some have tiny baby beetles just *spilling* out from beneath the stamen! They’re everywhere! Know of a good solution? I’m afraid of them spreading (no cukes this year, but I do have crooknecks).
cellophanetower
December 19, 2012 at 4:41 am
I want seeds!!!
Michelle Stutzman
December 19, 2012 at 5:12 am
Hey, send some seeds my way please? I live in Malaysia. Any problems?
MAnnielow
December 19, 2012 at 5:36 am
Cantaloups and musk melons are one of my favorite things to grow. I just start them outside. They like it hot and love rich soil. Right on top of a compost mound.
Ive never grown the chinese lantern because its extremly invasive. Its related to the golden berries, or Cape Gooseberry, which Im trying to find seeds for.
eveny119
December 19, 2012 at 5:44 am
I would start the cantaloupe seeds inside approximately 6 weeks before the last frost date. Cantaloupes, watermelons and other vining fruit will handle transplanting very well if not allowed to grow too long. The mistake people make is to not trim back their vines when transplanting. I would cut back everything to less than 12″ long when you transplant them outdoors. This cuts back the stress of the young plant trying to support all that plant while adjusting to the new environment. 🙂
Praxxus55712
December 19, 2012 at 5:49 am
Hey Ray.. I live in Montreal so approx same climate as you in Minn. I got these seeds from you and was wondering if you started them indoor last year. Do you think that now would be a good time to start these cantaloup from seed inside? Are they like watermelons and do not transplant well? Sorry for all the questions and thanks a lot for the seeds.. BTW the famous praxxus cherry and the frankenstein pepper are growing well in my basement!! Can wait to move them outside..
begood88
December 19, 2012 at 6:18 am
if you knotice any bleaching of the skin of your fruits and veggies, it is actually a sunburn. it was a big suprise for me when my watermelons lost some of their leaves due to cabbage worms. (lil bastards) this left the fruit open to the sun. Some people will throw theirs away or in the compost pile. but for me I usually just cut off the offending part.
Irishgirl41
December 19, 2012 at 7:09 am
looks great
permofit
December 19, 2012 at 7:46 am
Oh that cantaloupe smells so good!
FreidasGarden
December 19, 2012 at 8:19 am
The Chinese Lanterns taste similar to tomato, but the seeds are quite bitter.
trybal007
December 19, 2012 at 9:02 am
I used a 12-14 inch clay pot. I’d suggest a 16 inch though. I had to water that monster everyday.
Praxxus55712
December 19, 2012 at 9:15 am
I’m shocked to see these results from a pot! How big of a pot did you use?
Beautiful cantaloupes btw…
qzsue68
December 19, 2012 at 9:15 am
Ok thank you… I will!
Athenaslife
December 19, 2012 at 9:52 am
They’re an heirloom called Luke Marions. After the contest ends at the end of January, I’ll be giving some seeds away if you’re interested. be sure to mention it then, ok?
Praxxus55712
December 19, 2012 at 10:37 am
Wow… That Cantaloupe looks GREAT… it looks as smooth as cream! What is the name of it? I would love to buy some seeds so that my son can try it. Thank you for always uploading videos. I enjoy having a cup of coffee and watching your videos. P.S… You are too funny!
Athenaslife
December 19, 2012 at 11:19 am
I really like those chinese lanterns. I’ll have to look around for some of those next spring/summer. Those are awesome! Thanks for showing those to us!
rankindragon
December 19, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Pretty cool, huh?!?!
Marsx4
December 19, 2012 at 1:03 pm
The best bug killer is a mix of pyrethrin and neem. Pyrethrin kills on contact. Neem kills over time. Both are derived from natural sources such as chrysanthemums and a tree and are totally harmless to plants and you….unless you spray it in your face or coffee. 🙂
ps: But the best method is to give your plants good soil, water and light. If the plant is strong, it’s very difficult for insects to harm them. That’s been my experience.
Praxxus55712
December 19, 2012 at 1:46 pm
What do you do for bugs?? I grow different things in my backyard here in San Antonio, Texas and always have issues with insects. I try to keep things as non-chemical as possible.
JustLouIt
December 19, 2012 at 2:38 pm
It wasn’t the canteloupe, but the water they were rinsed with that caused the problems. Another reason to buy locally grown, and avoid the mass produced crops.
LisaDianeRN
December 19, 2012 at 3:08 pm
HEY YOU! do you remeber when you started the seeds and how long it took to grow them. I had some started but they all died 🙁 trying to pick a time next year to start some more.
blackboy424
December 19, 2012 at 3:18 pm
ahh the good old rock-melon just about one of the best fruit going next to strawberry mmmmmmm.
finalpalma05
December 19, 2012 at 3:20 pm