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  • From: "Adriana" <adriana AT chefsgreens.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Charentais
  • Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:17:45 -0500


Paul, you may be right, I was diligent that year and set that patch up with drip irrigation...I was probably too nice to them. Maybe for future crops I will water only until the first fruit begins to set, then be very stingy with water so as to concentrate the flavor.
I had a few ordinary Hale's Best cantaloupes last summer, just planted in
nitrogen poor, sandy soil amended with aged manure and not irrigated
enough, and they produced the sweetest melons I ever tasted.

Bill, the variety I grew was Savor - they weren't over-ripe, I had been warned to look out (or sniff out) for the distinctive perfume which they emanate when they are ready. I will try your leaf method next time - that's similar to watermelon harvesting.
The tricky part comes when they mature. Look at the little branch ... the leaf will fade and begin to die back.

And then I'll add a dose of my special "Alabama terroir" for good measure ;>

Adriana






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