[philskin]

looking for advice on growing this heritage variety ,does one have to pollinate it or is it self pollinating and what precations do you have to take besides mounding the bottom up to stop the water rotting the plant  thanks  phil

[nobby]

grown them a couple of times without mutch trubble
dont let too menny set only 1 or 2 per runner enny moor and they wont ripen and they stop the earlyer ones from sweling
as for pollinating never had enny problems

[lightyears]

i was thinking about these this summer but have not decided yet. Are they easy to get going?

[Babstreefern]

I tried growing them last summer, but without much success (pretty bad summer all round).  I had to hand pollinate them , but when they grew they were about the size of tennis balls - there wasn't many, so I didn't both picking off any.

When I ate one (they were not firm when pressed), they were lovely and sweet :happy:

[SkipRat]

I grew melons for the first time last year and they were really succesfull. so much in fact that I am giving them a full half of the greenhouse (12ft). I grew them in the greenhouse border last year, but this year I want to try growing them upright on a wire frame.

[andreadon]

i wish i had a greenhouse in which to grow melons!

i have one of Percy Thrower's books and in it there's a picture of a melon hanging in a net and the caption says "melons in nets".  it makes me chuckle every time i see it.
don't ask me why, i'm a girl and shouldn't find that kind of thing amusing.

can you grow melons in a conservatory or warm attic room?

[Stripey_cat]

There are some varieties that do OK outdoors in a sheltered spot, under cloches or in a cold frame.  You probably don't want them in the conservatory as they need high humidity and you don't want your furniture or carpets to rot.