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Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 11:42
| Just a quick question. I've read about covering cantaloupe mounds with a black plastic or tarp to warm the mound, stop weeds, and keep fruits off the dirt. Just wondering if a black construction garbage bag (thicker than kitchen trash bags) will work just as well if I cut it open, splay it, cut an x for the plants and punch some weep holes every 3 inches. I only have 2 plants so it seems kind of dumb to but a whole roll ofexpensive stuff I'll never use. |
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| It should work, except that if your plants really are planted on a mound, you're likely to get water running off and not getting to the roots. |
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| Probably a good thing where I'm at -- everything's clay! I have a soaker hose anyways and it gives me more control over how much water they get. I hear they actually get sweeter melons if you slack off on the water when they're ripening because it concentrates the sugars, where as too much will dilute them. |
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| If you have the soaker under the plastic, that should work well. While the plants are young and vining, they do need plenty of water. |
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