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\n<\/a>French Heirloom Melons in the greenhouse! – It’s an idea I found in an 1802 gardening book about how early New Englanders raised table grapes, melons and ‘Pine Apples’ under glass. With a 33′ glasshouse that sits dormant all summer, I thought “Why not use this wasted summer space?”<\/div>\n
\nSo far, it is working well, with daily watering and weekly fertilizing, and six varieties of heirloom melons, it seemed my biggest problem was going to be pollination – since the only way a bee can enter the greenhouse is through the roof vents, but, they have found their way in so melons are on their way!<\/div>\n
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\nIt’s a war, between the melons, and cacti. I think I know who will win, but the melons are being pruned significantly to reduce runners and side shoots. If I was good quality melons, I will need to reduce the number of fruit per plant, and the number of stems.<\/div>\n
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\nA fuzzy baby melon starts to form.<\/div>\n
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\nChanterais melons tumble over a raised bed in the greenhouse bulb bench which is sand filled. The melons are all planted in felt planter bags and they are being trained up and over a mesh trellis, which now runs along the roof near the glass.<\/div>\n
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\nA water-bottle gourd blossom, still open after an obviously busy night!<\/div>\n
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\nA bottle gourd forming in the garden. I planted one in the greenhouse too.<\/div>\n

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\nThese melons are doubling in size every week, now that the dog days of summer are here. Hot, steamy August nights, and bright, sunny days.<\/div>\n
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