Can anyone tell me how to successfully grow honeydew melons.?

I have germinated some melon seeds and they seem to be quite strong and ready for repotting. I am unsure what I need to repot them in, the ground or in large pots. I have also read on the gardening page that you have to use composted tea. Is this so, and, would I buy this tea from my local garden centre?

Can anyone tell me how to successfully grow honeydew melons.?
Rake up mounds of soil, we always put a coffee container in the center of the mound, you take a nail and hammer and punch holes in the can leaving about two inches of the can at the top without holes, put this in the mound up to the two inch rim and put the plants around the can about four plants to a mound, when you water and fertilize pour in the can and it will keep the plants watered and fertilized, use a good fertilizer that you mix with water, during dry spells fill the cans once a day with water and fertilize once every week or two. You will have nice juicy sweet melons, try to pick out the two strongest plants in each mound and discard others. This also works well for watermelons and muskmelon and cantalope. Good luck.
Reply:Thanks for your advice. Forgot to mention 2 hungry rabbits that eat my plants if Im not careful. Would it be alright if I used large Plant pots instead, and planted them individualy?. Report Abuse

Reply:Honeydews are pretty easy to grow, Plant them in raised mounds about 48 inches apart in well composted soil. You didn't say how many plants but if you add about one yard per plant that should work. I don't know about composted tea, but try spraying the leaves with one tbsp. dish soap to one gallon of water if you have problems with insects.
Reply:previous answers were good for


the young plants! As far as the tea,used teabags


or coffee grounds will help. I put these in my com-


poster along with the leaves from the fall and mixes


of soils. my flowers look great and the mellons I grew


years ago tasted good!
Reply:All the cucurbits (squash, melons, cucumbers, etc) are very sensitive to root disturbance, so be careful transplanting them . The main thing with melons is heat . Make sure they get as much as possible . Plant in hills, or raised rows , at least 2' across , ~1' high . ( Heat up faster - more exposed soil surface area) . Will help to put a shovel full of manure or compost in the bottom . " Composted Tea"? That's "Compost Tea " ;D Take some compost %26amp; put it in a burlap bag, old pillow case , or something similar . Then soak it (bag closed) in a garbage can, barrel, etc, full of water, for 2 weeks or more . Pull the bag out of the water , %26amp; the liquid created by this is "Compost Tea" Water the plants with it . Essentially , it is homemade fertilizer .

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