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  Watch Your Garden Grow - Muskmelon
Muskmelon originated in India and were cultivated by settlers in the 1600's.
Muskmelons ripen to the highest quality when the vines remain healthy throughout the harvest period, when temperatures are warm but not excessively high and when the weather is comparatively dry at the time of maturity.
When muskmelons are ripe, the rind changes from a green to tan or yellow between the netting.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /veggies/muskmelon1.html   (1112 words)

  
  Crop Profiles - Muskmelon
In North Carolina, muskmelon rows are usually spaced 5 to 6 feet apart with the final stand of plants 18 to 24 inches apart in the row.
Irrigation of muskmelons is often discontinued after early fruit set and is usually discontinued during harvest, except to the extent that enough foliage is maintained to prevent sunscald on the fruit.
Losses in muskmelon due to weeds average 13 percent in the southern U.S. The critical weed-free period is 4 to 6 weeks after crop emergence.
www.cals.ncsu.edu /sustainable/peet/profiles/ppmusk.html   (758 words)

  
 NEIPMC
Muskmelon seeds are generally treated with a fungicide and an insecticide by either the seed company or the grower.
Muskmelons are picked at the half-slip stage, when half of the tissue of the melon is still attached to the vine (26).
Because muskmelon is grown in rotation with other vegetable crops, some of which are more susceptible to nematodes, sampling and chemical treatment for nematodes may occur in the same fields, but generally not during the muskmelon growing season (9).
www.nepmc.org /cpdisplay.cfm?filename=Mdmuskmelon   (10320 words)

  
 Chapter 6: Common Vegetables for Seed and Fruit
The bulk of the muskmelon crop is cantaloupes, combined with a small acreage of Casabas and 'Persians', which amounted 111,800 acres in 1970.
The isolation of muskmelon plants from pollinating insects and the caging of bees on the plants have proven that hermaphrodite flowers are incapable of performing self-pollination.
Muskmelon flowers are self-fertile (although not self-fertilizing), but when pollen comes from a different plant, the fruit that results may be slightly heavier (Rosa 1926).
gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov /book/chap6/muskmelon.html   (1973 words)

  
 IPM : Reports on Plant Diseases : Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon and Muskmelon
Watermelons and muskmelons are attacked at all stages of growth.
Muskmelon fruit on systemically infected plants may develop sunken, irregular rot lesions due in part to the entrance of secondary fungi and bacteria.
High populations of the muskmelon form are usually associated specifically with susceptible melon tissue that is decaying.
www.ipm.uiuc.edu /diseases/series900/rpd904   (994 words)

  
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Muskmelons, also known as cantaloupe, are a tender warm weather vegetable that requires culture similar to that of cucumbers.
Muskmelons are injured by light freezes; all danger of frost should be past before setting plants.
Muskmelon vines spread 6-8 feet wide, so, row spacings of 6 feet are necessary with individual plants spaced every 18 inches to 2 feet in the row.
www.oznet.ksu.edu /hfrr/extensn/Hort_Tips/Vegetable_Crops/Muskmelon.htm   (357 words)

  
 Search: Muskmelon
Muskmelon refers to the many cultivars of Cucumis melo, and is one of the...
Muskmelons Originated in Persia The muskmelon (Cucumis melo), like watermelon, is hardly a vegetable, but it is an important truck and garden crop.
In North Carolina, muskmelon rows are usually spaced 5 to 6 feet apart with the...
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Muskmelon, also known as cantaloupe, is a tender, heat-loving vegetable.
Muskmelon originated in India and were cultivated by settlers in the 1600's.
Muskmelons ripen to the highest quality when the vines remain healthy throughout the harvest period, when temperatures are warm but not excessively high and when the weather is comparatively dry at the time of maturity.
www.tricountyfarm.org /oregon_melons.asp   (2869 words)

  
 Muskmelons Originated in Persia
All cantaloupes are muskmelons, but not all muskmelons are cantaloupes.
Muskmelon is native to Persia (Iran) and adjacent areas on the west and the east.
The Chinese apparently did not know the muskmelon until it was introduced to their country around the beginning of the Christian Era from the regions west of the Himalayas.
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/muskmelon.html   (711 words)

  
 M173 High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, MU Extension
Muskmelons develop a distinct abscission zone between the fruit stem and the fruit (Figure 15).
High tunnel muskmelons for local markets should be harvested vine ripe or “full slip,” the stage at which the fruit detaches from the vine with slight pressure.
Muskmelons weighing more than 6 pounds are considered large; medium-size melons weigh 4 to 6 pounds and small melons weigh less than 4 pounds.
muextension.missouri.edu /explore/manuals/m00173.htm   (4541 words)

  
 HART Vegetable Garden Seeds: Heirloom Lettuce, Mesclun, Muskmelon, Mustard Seed
Plant Muskmelon seed in spring when all danger of frost is past.
Thin Muskmelon plants to 2 to 3 plants per hill when seedlings are 2 inches tall.
Delicious 51 Muskmelon seed germinates in 8 to 10 days, depending on soil and water conditions.
www.yankeegardener.com /seeds/hartseed6.html   (1992 words)

  
 A Summary of N and K Research with Muskmelon in Florida
The N rate recommendation for muskmelon grown on irrigated, mineral soils (subsurface and overhead-irrigation) was 120 lb/acre N (Montelaro, 1978) and remained unchanged in 1989 for mulched or unmulched muskmelon (Kidder et al., 1989).
Additional experimentation with muskmelon fertilization was conducted in Gainesville (1986) with overhead irrigation, in Osteen (1986) with subsurface irrigation, and in Live Oak (1988 and 1989) with drip irrigation to further document muskmelon N requirements on sandy Florida soils (Hochmuth et al., 1991).
Muskmelon treated with 25% to 50% CR - K responded with 100% and 95% RY, respectively, compared to 69% RY where no CR - K was included in the fertilizer treatment.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /BODY_CV231   (3927 words)

  
 Muskmelon and Watermelon
Muskmelon and watermelons are members of the cucurbit or vine crop family.
Muskmelons and icebox watermelons are high value crops when harvested early in the marketing season.
For muskmelons, clear plastic is more effective than fl in northern Iowa, but chemical weed control is necessary and is not available at this time.
www.public.iastate.edu /~taber/Extension/Melon/melon.html   (1324 words)

  
 Muskmelons (Cantaloupes)
Plant Characteristics — Muskmelon (Cucumis melo 'reticulatus') is commonly known in the trade as a cantaloupe.
Muskmelon fruit typically sets in cycles in which several fruits are set per plant in the first cycle, and additional fruit can be set in subsequent cycles.
Muskmelon contain two blossom types: perfect (having both male and female parts) and male (staminate) flowers.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/hil/hil-8.html   (1876 words)

  
 Scientia Agricola - Muskmelon seed priming in relation to seed vigor   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This study investigated the effects of muskmelon seed vigor in response to seed priming.
Seeds of two cultivars of muskmelon Top Net SR and Mission, were artificially aged at 43°C and 100% RH for 0, 20 and 40 hours and then dried for two days under laboratory conditions (20-25°C), generating three separate lots from each cultivar.
Priming increased germination rate of aged seeds at both temperatures and the total germination at 17°C. In general, the effects of seed priming on muskmelon seed germination have been mainly observed for sub-optimal conditions (Bradford, 1985; Bradford et al., 1988), and this was confirmed in this study.
www.scielo.br /scielo.php?pid=S0103-90162004000100019&script=sci_arttext   (1918 words)

  
 SUFFICIENCY RANGES FOR PLANT ANALYSIS (SCSB #394): Muskmelon
Yield and composition of muskmelon as influenced by preplant and trickle applied nitrogen.
Effect of soil acidity and magnesium on muskmelon leaf composition and fruit yield.
Muskmelon response to rates and sources of nitrogen.
www.ncagr.com /agronomi/saaesd/mskmelon.htm   (369 words)

  
 Benefit Analysis of a Single Use Fungicide for Indiana Muskmelons   (Site not responding. Last check: )
More than 60% of muskmelon and watermelon growers farmed less than 25 acres of each crop in 1997, indicating perhaps, that many growers require vegetable production to supplement their incomes.
Muskmelon harvested was from 2,000 to 4,000 fruit per acre for 59% of the growers surveyed.
Prices of muskmelon fruit decreased as the season progressed from 90¢ to $1.00 in week one (67%) to the 60 to 80¢ range by week 5 (74%).
www.btny.purdue.edu /PPP/Pestuseinfo/SingleUseFungicideMusk.html   (537 words)

  
 On Gardening/Muskmelon Quality In The Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Muskmelon quality is really dependent upon three conditions: proper harvest time, proper handling during harvest and proper storage after harvest.
The first indication of muskmelon ripeness can be found in how easily the fruit separates from the vine.
Ground color of the rind behind the netting on the bottom of the fruit is also an indication of ripeness on muskmelons.
www.psu.edu /ur/NEWS/news/muskmelon.html   (626 words)

  
 muskmelon Definition in the Food Dictionary at Epicurious.com
All muskmelons have seeds in a fibrous center hollow.
Although muskmelons of one variety or another are available throughout most of the year, they're most abundant from late summer to early fall.
When ripe, most muskmelons are slightly soft at the blossom end and give off a sweet, perfumy odor.
www.epicurious.com /cooking/how_to/food_dictionary/entry?id=3603&pageStartId=3600   (343 words)

  
 IPM : Reports on Plant Diseases : Bacterial Wilt of Cucumber and Muskmelon
Bacterial wilt, caused by the bacterium Erwinia tracheiphila, is a common and destructive disease of cucurbits.
The disease is most common on cucumber and muskmelon (cantaloupe), but less damaging to squashes and pumpkins.
Bacterial wilt is easily confused with other causes of wilting, including Fusarium or Verticillium wilts, root or stem rots, gummy stem blight, nematode damage, an excess or deficiency of moisture, damage by root or stem feeding insects, or an excess of fertilizer.
www.ipm.uiuc.edu /diseases/series900/rpd905   (901 words)

  
 Callose Deposition Is Responsible for Apoplastic Semipermeability of the Endosperm Envelope of Muskmelon Seeds -- Yim ...
B, Thin section of paraffin-embedded, decoated dry muskmelon seed stained with 0.05% aniline blue and a saturated mixture of Sudan III and IV.
Decoated muskmelon seeds were killed in boiling water for 3 min and incubated overnight on blotters saturated with distilled water to induce OD.
In conclusion, we have demonstrated that the semipermeability of the muskmelon endosperm envelope is caused by a callose-containing
www.plantphysiol.org /cgi/content/full/118/1/83   (4388 words)

  
 Cucumber, Muskmelon, and Watermelon
Muskmelon in particular is very sensitive to low soil pH and should be limed to 6.3 to 6.8.
For muskmelons and cucumbers grown on plastic mulch, the N rate can be reduced because N losses from leaching are greatly reduced.
Muskmelons: Harvesting is done manually and great care must be exercised at picking to harvest only the physiologically mature plants.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/id-56/vinecrops.html   (2560 words)

  
 SUFFICIENCY RANGES FOR PLANT ANALYSIS (SCSB #394): Muskmelon
Yield and composition of muskmelon as influenced by preplant and trickle applied nitrogen.
Effect of soil acidity and magnesium on muskmelon leaf composition and fruit yield.
Muskmelon response to rates and sources of nitrogen.
www.agr.state.nc.us /agronomi/saaesd/mskmelon.htm   (369 words)

  
 The Perisperm-endosperm Envelope in Cucumis: Structure, Proton Diffusion and Cell Wall Hydrolysing Activity -- ...
cucumber, muskmelon, watermelon and barley (Yim and Bradford,
that in muskmelon seeds the former layer was primarily composed
Relationship of callose accumulation to semipermeability of the perisperm of muskmelon seeds.
aob.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/96/5/769   (5933 words)

  
 Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non-hybrid Melon Seeds from the Victory Seed Company
Additionally, what is typically sold as "cantaloupe" are usually muskmelons so there is confusion caused by marketing.
However, fruits allowed to ripen an additional two to three days resulted in flesh that was firm, but not tough, and the flavors much sweeter.
In American markets, the terms cantaloupe and muskmelon are often used interchangeably.
www.victoryseeds.com /catalog/vegetable/melons.html   (1392 words)

  
 Muskmelon - Hearts of Gold
The Hearts of Gold Muskmelon is an annual and is very sensitive to frost.
Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks after the last frost when soil temperatures are warm.
Muskmelons use a lot of water but they should not ever be soggy wet.
www.naturehills.com /new/product/Seeds_product_page.aspx?proid=1835   (194 words)

  
 Amazon.com: muskmelon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Muskmelons (Farmers' bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture) by James H Beattie (Unknown Binding - 1951)
Cooperative muskmelon breeding program in Texas, 1955-67: New rating scales and index selection facilitate development of disease-resistant cultivars adapted...
Fertilizing tomatoes, sweet corn, and muskmelons in a three-year rotation (Bulletin / University of Illinois) by John William Lloyd (Unknown Binding - 1931)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=muskmelon&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (290 words)

  
 Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non-Hybrid Cantaloupe, Muskmelon Seeds from New Hope Seed Company
We are a proud signor of the Safe Seed Pledge
Fruits oblong to round in shape, distinctly ribbed, coarsely netted, averaging 6-7 pounds.
Flesh is salmon colored, very thick, and a real nice sweet 'old time' muskmelon taste.
www.newhopeseed.com /vegetable/melon.htm   (617 words)

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