May I add, the cantaloupe might be hybrid and not grow no matter what you do.
At the same time, we have had almost to much luck with cantaloupe. If good seeds end up in our compost pile, and the compost ends up in the garden, we often get lots of cantaloupe growing where we do not want them. I am the kind of person who thinks if they want to grow that badly I will let them and re-plan the rest of the garden around them. When this happens I always save the seeds and plant them in a better suited spot the next year.
In most cases, unless seeds are the kind one would expect to winter outside, just soaking them in water for 24 hours will be enough to get them off to a good start.
Moe
--- In nativegardening@yahoogroups.com, "mrcaptainbob" <mrcaptainbob@...> wrote:
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> My wife brought home a couple of nice cantaloups today. She's thinking of using the seeds in our garden. Is there anything 'special' we should do? I'm sure letting them dry out on some paper towels would be #1. But I have read that freezing seeds at times activates them, too. What should I do to get these to grow in our garden?
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