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God created many varieties of fruits. Well, if you need a suggestion to choose which one you should grow in your garden, the melon would be one of interesting alternative. Most melons will need fertile soil and abundant heat in order to arrive at their most perfectly delicious state. Growing melons has a great advantage because they can ripen on the vine, be picked and eaten at their peak season.

For you who like an instant melon instead growing them in your garden, there are some tips you may want to consider before purchasing one. Should you have to buy melons at a farmer’s market or store then the test of all melons except for watermelon is not “thumping” or pushing in on the stem end, but smelling. If they smell like a melon then they are ripe. If they do not, they are not ripe, but will probably be in 2 to 4 days when left at room temperature. Most people put their melons in the refrigerator. However, some people like their melon at room temperature because the flavor is just more flavor to them at room temperature.

If you really interested to growing some melons in your garden, here are some recommended steps to plant them properly. Try to remember each of them to get a good result. When you sow your melon seeds sow in place about two weeks after the last spring frost and plant your seeds about 1 inch deep, 12 inches apart, in rows 5 feet apart. For those who follow the “hill” planting method then plant 4 to 5 seeds per hill with your hills about 5 feet apart. Small melons can be trellised but larger ones would need a cloth sling to support each fruit. You can use an old panty hose, recycled mesh onion and orange bags. The ideal weather for melons is 2 weeks of dry climate just before harvesting.

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