How To Ripen A Melon

When melon flowers open, they will only be ready for pollinating for about a day, so you need to move quickly to hand pollinate melons.After you make sure that you have at least one male melon flower and one female melon flower, you have two choices on...

Read on for tips about collecting seeds from melons.are members of the cucumber family, and they are open pollinated by wind or insects. Before you start saving melon seeds, be sure that the melon species you want to propagate are not planted within a...

The plants are quite sensitive to cooler temperatures. Water the seeds well after planting melons. Once the weather is right, you can transplant your seedlings outdoors. Once the growing melon plants come through the soil, wait until two of them are taller...

How do you pick honeydew then? One of the sweetest melons, honeydews are high in vitamin C and potassium. Also known as temptation melons, honeydew melons are thought to have their roots in West Africa and have been cultivated for over 4,000 years.

Varying moisture levels causes uneven uptake ofBlossom end rot in melons can happen even when there is adequate calcium in the soil, all that is needed to cause this unsightly disease is one day of inadequate watering when the fruit is beginning to form...

If a dull sound is heard, it is ripe.Store the ripened melon at room temperature until ready to chill and eat. Cantaloupes ripen after being picked, but they do not contain starch reserves to convert to sugar, so they will not get sweeter after being...

Bitter melon information lists it as a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes other. As the flesh of the bitter melon ripens, it turns orange, mushy and splits into sections which curl back exposing seeded bright red pulp.Bitter melons are...

In India and part of Africa, the melon is eaten when young and tender, sliced thinly or chopped atop rice and vegetable curry.The Chinese have been eating winter melon for centuries and their most lauded dish is a soup called “dong gwa jong” or winter...

(15 C.).Water the area immediately after planting, then keep the soil slightly moist, but never soggy. With a spiky, yellow-orange rind and jelly-like, lime-green flesh. At this point, it's best to water lightly and evenly, as excessive or sporadic watering...

Store cut mangoes in the fridge for up to four days. Typically mangoes have skin colored green with blushes of pink and yellow. Mangoes usually still require ripening at home regardless of their color.Place the mangoes in a paper bag.

There is a plant that grows in the coastal region of the Namib Desert in Namibia. The female blossoms are easy to recognize by the warty, swollen ovary that develops into a fruit. The seeds contain about 57 percent oil and 31 percent protein.

Your cannas are accustomed to the lean, dry Texas soil and have adapted by being just tall enough to flower but not so tall that they will fall over. (and I rarely caught one in the traps) I eventually tried road flares, which are pretty cheap and fairly...

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I liked the look so much that I started planting all my annual herbs in larger containers with a blanket of mulch over the top to hide the individual smaller containers. I had to look hard to find a tree that wasn't a sterile variety, so apparently I'm...

Sun or shade, and which way does the wall face? First is the sow inside until ALL danger of frost has passed part. I would start with little cubicles (note-what do they call those?

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This is more of a problem with chemical plant foods than with organic plant foods.This may not be an option for you, but I also collect water that is not hard. Plant in mid July and you would have just three months of growing season for frost tender vegetables.

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First of all, protect your plants from harsh wind. The house blocks the worst of the wind and holds a bit of heat from the sun. A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter.

You probably just need to be persistent and increase your efforts. Many gardeners have learned to build layers of organics on the garden, which they then plant right into several months later; its called 'lasagne gardening.' You can find several good...

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The image at the left, shows clematis cuttings ready to pot up. Then I don't have to be quite as careful with my sprays. I don't know if it's a true allergy or just that fuzz. So you have to usually spray UP your plant.

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Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. Several have specific temperature and soil requirements or the seeds will simply rot. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer...

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Always let the daffodil foliage remain green as long as it wants to and don't cut it of until it withers and yellows.