Growing Melons with Niles – Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co.

Growing Melons with Niles

Get advice on how to transplant melon plants into your garden. Niles Kinerk, owner of Gurney’s, started melon seeds indoors earlier in the season.

Advice from Niles

Use a gentle fertilizer, such as Vegetables Alive! Fertilizer, in the hole when you’re transplanting.
You can make your own hot caps our of milk or water jugs, which will provide protection from shock and sunburn, and eliminates the need for a cold frame. Leave the hot caps on for about 3 weeks, or until you’re safely past your last frost date.
If you plant seedless melon varieties, you need to include a seeded melon variety alongside it as a pollinator to produce fruit. Sugar Baby Watermelon is a delicious melon to eat, and it blooms for a long time, making it a good pollinator.

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