How To Grow Cantaloupe Melons From START TO FINISH - Full Guide + BONUS Melon Variety

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Learn How to Grow Cantaloupes (Rock melons / Muskmelons) and Canary Melons From START TO FINISH! Are you ready to grow your own sweet, juicy cantaloupes and vibrant yellow canary melons? In this full guide, I’ll show you everything you need to know to grow these delicious melons from seed to harvest. Whether you're a beginner gardener or looking to perfect your melon-growing skills, this video is packed with essential tips and tricks to help you succeed. 🌱 What You’ll Learn in This Video: How to germinate cantaloupe and canary melon seeds successfully. The best soil, temperature, and watering requirements for healthy growth. How to grow melons vertically (Space saving). Pollination tips to ensure large, sweet melons. How to recognize when your melons are ripe and ready to harvest. Tasting the 2 varieties we're growing and what you can do with excess fruit. 🍈 Why Grow Cantaloupes and Canary Melons? These melons are not only easy to grow at home, but they also taste amazing when picked fresh from the vine! With the right care, they’ll thrive in your garden, providing an epic harvest! 🛠 Key Growing Tips: 1️⃣ Choose a sunny spot with nutrient-rich soil. 2️⃣ Use mulch to retain moisture and keep the roots cool. 3️⃣ Hand-pollinate if bees are scarce in your area. 🏡 Want More Gardening Tips? If you’re enjoying learning about melons, be sure to check out my other videos where I share guides on growing exotic fruits, veggies, and edible plants from around the world! Hit LIKE if you’re excited to try growing melons this season, and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE for more gardening inspiration! Buy me a coffee to support the channel :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thekiwigrower Come Say Hi! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thekiwigrower/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thekiwigrower TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thekiwigrower SUBSCRIBE HERE - https://bit.ly/2S1G9T2 VIDEO SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU: How I Grow Watermelons From Seed to Harvest - ft. Two Awesome Varieties https://youtu.be/md0as5LQPHs 16+ WEIRD and WONDERFUL Fruits & Veggies That I'm Growing at Home - Tasting Adventure https://youtu.be/B4N8Pi-s19s Growing A No-Dig Garden From Start to Finish - https://youtu.be/i3HfAuQut0E Books I've enjoyed and found helpful: Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals From Amazon - https://amzn.to/3iniYQa From Fishpond (NZ & Australia etc.) - http://www.fishpond.co.nz/product_info.php?ref=3784&id=9780643093973&affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden https://amzn.to/3imbZHo ✅ Grow on YouTube with this tool - https://www.tubebuddy.com/thekiwigrower 🎵 Get Music to use on YouTube here - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/22igix Hi, I'm Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants. I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise and food forest! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :) 0:00 Intro 0:42 Growing melons vertically 1:11 Melon growing tip from an old farmer - Soil prep 2:27 How to start cantaloupe melon seeds 3:06 Seedling update 3:29 Transplanting the melon seedlings 4:18 Training melon plants vertically and fertilizing 5:27 Melons gone wild! Pollination tips 6:52 Worm tea fertilizer and watering tips 8:02 Option to support melons with slings 8:39 How to know when melons ripe - harvesting tips 10:50 Tasting Cantaloupes / Rock melons 12:02 Canary melon taste test 13:44 What to do with a tonne of melons! Disclaimer - Some of the links above may be affiliate links where I earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you - Thank you for your support! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Business inquires: [email protected]