prevents the melon from snapping off of the vine. To use it, you'll wrap the netting around the fruit and it will take the heft off of the vine. It also holds the melon up off the ground.

If it doesn’t shade their vines, sweet corn often makes a good companion plant for melons that can crawl around its “ankles.” To prevent disease, avoid planting cantaloupe where other ...

Nothing says summer like a fresh, sweet, juicy slice of melon. Whether it’s cantaloupe, honeydew or watermelon, it’s a hit at ...

Gardeners can tell when a watermelon is ready by checking the tendril, or curl, that connects the melon to the vine. "If it's still green, the watermelon is very likely not ripe. If it is brown and ...

Often, people think that if a fruit has light cracks or yellow-brown spots, it will be bad, but in the case of melons, this is a misconception. The vine of the melon tells whether it is sweet or not.