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Title: How's Glowbull Warming working in your area?
Source: AB
URL Source: http://http:/abzone
Published: Apr 30, 2011
Author: abraxas
Post Date: 2011-04-30 17:48:00 by abraxas
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Views: 346
Comments: 31

How's Glowbull Warming working in your area?

Around here it was snowing a couple of nights ago. Down right nippy today, although the sun is shining. It's been a long time since I've seen the amount of snow on the mountain peaks that we have right now. Looks like planting the garden will need to be pushed out several weeks as well.

Usually, by the end of April, I'm getting ready to climb a few mountains. Looks like the climbing will have to wait unless I want to bring along my snow boots and parka.

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I'm in the upper Willamette Valley where the climate tends to be temperate and wet. Our Winter temperatures tend to stay mostly above freezing and we had no significant snowfall this year on the valley floor.

Having said that though we are now, and have been, colder than normal on average. This year we had our record latest date ever for a day of 60 degrees or warmer. Normally by now we have had at least a few days touch the lower 80's and so far I don't think we have had one day over the low 70's and only 2 or 3 of those. We have a rare frost warning out for tonight.

Generally by now the weather has warmed to the point where most days are in at least the low to mid 60's and we have been staying mostly in the 50's.

The last 2 years melon varieties that I have grown successfully in the past succumbed to various fungal rots. To say the least we are staying colder than normal and this year I will only grow short season melon varieties. I only have one tomato plant out already and will have to cover it for frost protection tonight.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-30   19:51:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

This Glowbull Warmining is really putting a wrench in the planting season. Stores are selling tomatoes but it's too early to drop em' in the ground still.

Wonder how this will impact the cantaloupes....

abraxas  posted on  2011-04-30   20:18:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Wonder how this will impact the cantaloupes....

Since they need a lot of heat to ripen and reach their best sweetness my guess is that they will be late and not be as sweet.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-30   20:45:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

they will be late and not be as sweet.

I was fearful that would be the most likely outcome......last two years, I haven't had enough heat to get 'em full grown and ripe before the frost. Three years ago I had some do great. No luck with pumpkins the past two years either.

abraxas  posted on  2011-04-30   21:05:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I would suggest going for shorter maturity varieties. They tend to be smaller but at least they'll ripen. Some to consider:

Emerald Gem - small heirloom, smooth skin, luscious orange flesh. Not the absolute best but pretty darn good and very productive. One year I had 18 melons on just 4 plants ripen all together in one day. I was very popular in the neighborhood. Available from Baker Creek Seed Co.. Pick on the full slip.

Jenny Lind - green flesh and sweet - was grown by Thomas Jefferson. Heavily netted. Pick on the full slip.

Golden Jenny - orange flesh and when they come out right they are just scrumptious. Later than the original, but one of the best small musk melons you can grow - very richly flavored and very productive. Heavily netted. Up to 10 melons per plant. Pick on the full slip.

Charentais - French Heirloom - smooth skinned with no netting and no musk flavor. This true Cantaloupe, as opposed to a Musk Melon (which is really what most American Melons are) is the best of the best when it comes out right. A little later than the others but it is delightful. The only "10" I've ever grown. Will continue to ripen in cooler weather but is susceptible to Powdery Mildew so you need to use a good organic fungicide. Charentais are hard to judge when they are ripe. They will not slip from the vine when ripe. With them you have to watch the color as it goes from a gray green to kind of a creamy gray-green and smell them. Then cut them from the vine and hope you judged right. Very aromatic and if you leave one on the counter it will flood the house with its luscious aroma.

Ogen or sometimes Ha' Ogen. Green Fleshed and honey sweet with a nice citrusy smell. Unlike honeydews this actually has flavor - very complex and very sweet almost spicy. Originally from Hungary it is grown in Israel for export to the European Gourmet Trade. Very very rarely seen in U.S. Markets. Ripens to a very pretty gold mottled with green. And it is large for an early melon - averaging around 3 pounds. Very little netting - mostly smooth skinned. Pick on the full slip.

Rocky Ford/Eden's Gem (two names for the same melon) An American heirloom that is small, early, and a luscious delight. Green fleshed. Heavily netted. Pick on the full slip.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-30   21:35:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#21. To: Original_Intent (#17)

Thanks for the tips. : ) I don't even remember what I threw down last year, but the ones that did well three years ago were little and yummy, with a bumpy rind and bright orange innards.

abraxas  posted on  2011-04-30 21:50:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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