Cantaloupe – Uvalde

Description

90 Days | A petite melon with a delicate, floral flavor. A prolific producer. Very tight seed cavity. Salmond fleshed melons are picked ‘full slip.’ Open-Pollinated heirloom cantaloupe with a durable rind that turns yellow shortly after picking. Uvalde Cantaloupe is a deep, orange flesh, cantaloupe. The melon rind turns yellow a few hours after picking and is a great shipper. It has an intense, sweet melon flavor.

80-100 Days to maturity

3-7 Days to sprout

Melon seeds per Oz: About 1,000

Melon seeds per Lb: About 16,000

Plant 1″-2″ deep, in rows 6′-8′ foot apart. Thin or transplant to a spacing of 2′-3′. Water at base of the plant every 10-14 days until cantaloupe reach softball size, moving water further from the plant at that point to protect the melons. As the melons mature, cut back watering further to increase sugar content.