large cantaloupe

[Phil from Krum]

Here's a pic of a 6 pound 12 ounce Sugar Queen cantaloupe picked up 2 days ago. I grow them on trellises and wait for them to drop rather than "picking" them.

[Brian Gallimore]

I like growing cantaloupe on trellises too.   Here is what happens when they grow too close to the ground!

[Gale]

Mine are on the ground.  Just put an extra bed of hay under them when I see them growing.  Haven't weighed any of them.  Mine haven't been quite as sweet as I was hoping for.  Are yours, Phil?

[Phil from Krum]

The Sugar Queen aren't, probable bred for size rather than flavor. The Sugar Baby are very sweet but about half the size or a bit less. We are having to water every other day to keep the plants alive and that may be effecting the taste too.

[Gale]

That's what I've been doing...every other day watering for the cantaloupe.  Do you happen to know if this plant that I put in this past spring will continue to produce into the fall?  I just have two fruit left on the vine, but there are still flowers and new growth is still developing.

[Phil from Krum]

If it's still setting flowers and small fruit it's still good. In the past mine have continued to produce until a hard frost. This heat is hard on the bees too. You might try setting a shallow plate filled with stones and water in your garden. The stones give the bees a place to land to drink so they should stick up above the water.