[Native Gardening] Re: Cantaloupe seeds....

 

If you are going to grow, why not grow the best? Nutmeg, Zatta or Charentais melons from Cook's Garden, Fedco or Seed Savers taste so much better than cantaloupes that you may never bother with cantaloupe again. They are also heirlooms and so the seeds will carry over as long as you save them. Freezing any seed that does not normally grow in a temperate region is not recommended. Any common domestic seed can be kept at 40 when clean and dry, for a few years, tho the germination rate will drop. Stratifying (freezing)seeds are pretty specific to things like Paw Paw and wintergreen and are usually noted as needing that when you buy seeds, but you can always check "How to germinate" for individual species when you are saving seeds. You can also train the vines to grow vertically on support, which is good if you have space confines, curcubit pests or heavy humidity. If you are going to grow right now, you don't need to do anything but plant and soon.

Yours, Pego

--- 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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