Tag Archives: Growing Cantaloupe in Texas

What’s happening this week in the food gardens?

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Dallas Garden Buzz

June 7, 2023

An amaranth volunteer provides climbing support for a Minnesota Midget cantaloupe vine.  Since 1948 this plant has been known for producing sweet 4 inch cantaloupes on 3 foot vines. 

Blackberry season is at its peak.  Volunteers harvest and freeze them every day so that the jam and jelly team can work their magic. 

Patio Choice Yellow and Cherokee Carbon tomatoes have been especially productive.  All of the tomato varieties have to be picked at the first sign of color change and ripened indoors to protect them from squirrels. 

The season is off to a great start. We donated 142 pounds of potatoes to the North Dallas Shared Ministries food pantry in May. The peppers, cucumbers, long beans, and eggplant are coming along nicely. The squash vine borers have been distracted long enough to allow us to harvest some lovely round zucchinis. 

We welcome Master Gardener volunteers and community support. Drop us a line in the comment section if you are new to our garden and would like to know more. 

Beverly Allen, Dallas County Master Gardener class of 2018

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Cantaloupe Harvest

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Dallas Garden Buzz

Most of us  believe you reap what you sow. We diligently follow  gardening advice and planting dates, prepare the soil, pray for rain, and then we hope!   This year we are enjoying a bounty of cantaloupes; 17 have been counted in one of our  raised beds.  Last year we had what Jim refers to as “insect activity” and not many cantaloupes.

Cantaloupe in the Garden

The variety we planted is Ambrosia.  If you will look on the right hand side of our blog, you will find our Garden Journal with all the details of our veggie gardening.

The Joys and sorrows of our garden experiment are recorded there.

The Cantaloupe was planted May 26th and will be eaten all through August.  When all the Cantaloupe is gone, Jim says we will be planting bush beans.

As summer wanes and we look forward to a drop in temperature, the gardeners at our Demonstration Garden are happy to  indulge in the sweetness of homegrown cantaloupe. More Fall gardening info right here.

Cantaloupe ripe and ready to eat

Ann

Pictures by Starla

For Aggie Horticulture Cantaloupe advice: click  here.

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