Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo)

 

Cantaloupe & Honeydew Melons is a South Carolina's Clemson University Cooperative Extension publication which covers cultivars, growing regions, planting, growing, harvesting and problems with growing this fruit. 

 

Cantaloupe Production in California is meant for commercial growers and covers where to grow them, the growing season, what varieties are available, how to plant, watering and fertliizing, harvesting, and marketing this vine fruit. 

 

Cantaloupes is a Pacific Northwest publication which deals with all aspects of growing this crop.

 

'Hale's Best' Melons has basic facts about this cantaloupe cultivar and a growers rating of it.

 

Honey Bee Pollination of Cantaloupe, Cucumber, & Watermelon is a California Cooperative Extension publication which discuss the importance of this insect in producing this fruit.

 

How do you know when a cantaloupe is ready to pick? Is a watermelon ripe when the curly vine is dried up on the end? is a Texas Agrilife publication which answers these questions.

 

Nutrient Recommendations for Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Cucumbers, Lima Beans, Snap Bunch Beans, Squash, and Okra is an Alabama Extension which tells how much nutrients are required to grow this crop.

 

Why are my home garden cantaloupes not very sweet? is a Texas Agrilife publication which gives a brief answer to this problem.