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Saturday, August 14, 2021
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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I had a disappointing week in the patch. My other 56.2 English cantaloupe collapsed suddenly. It had three nice long little cantaloupes on it. I will not use the interspecific squash rootstock again. I thought that maybe I could get away with it. It was a risk from the beginning and I believe it could have paid off, but unless I can figure things out I don't reccommend grafting for cantaloupes. I wish I knew why they always collapse on me. I have read of experiment where the grafted plants were superior to ungrafted. Like this one done by the all time great melon breeder Brent Loy. https://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/news/release/2015/09/30/unh-melon-research-produces-higher-yields
I would be really interested to hear from any growers who have any knowledge about how to graft successfully with cantaloupes. The grafts take just fine and outperform the ungrafted plants but as soon as the fruit set they start to go down for me.
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