| Extra Summer Sweet is a great little melon. It may remind you some of a Charentais, but is less likely to split in our climate. Mine were usually bigger than 2 pounds. The vines takes about as much space as a typical cantaloupe - that is, considerable space. You could probably grow both it and Golden Sweet on a sturdy wire fence or trellis, but you would have to make some little cloth 'cradles' for the Extra Summer Sweet, at least, as they neared maturity. Last year, I used squares of cheap muslin as 'melon slings' and hung them by the four corners from a four-foot fence, either by tying or with a big safety pin. Sort of reminded me of those pictures of a stork flying with a baby in a bundle. I think I usually picked Extra Summer Sweet at forced slip. I bought seed for some other orange-fleshed melons from Evergreen this year, too. Maybe I'll have a report next year. |
