To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Of melons and dreams...
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:57:25 -0400
On Jun 11, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Kieran &/or Donna wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>Rivka, "soil with quite a bit of clay in it" may be fine, provided the external drainage is fine. But they should do better with "quite a bit of sand".
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Certainly that's possible (at least as far as production is concerned; with the right varieties I get great flavor). I just didn't want anybody reading this to go away thinking, "oh, there's no sense in my trying melons, my soil is clayey not sandy".