How to grow Muskmelon at Home - Home Gardening

How to plant Muskmelons:

The cantaloupe or muskmelon is a tender, warm-weather plant and grows best in very warm to hot weather.
Melons grow best in loose, well-drained, loamy soil rich in organic matter
Sow muskmelon seed in the garden grow bags and the seed will start germinating in 7 to 10 days
Transplants the seedlings into individual grow bags after 3 weeks and can be set directly into the garden.

Muskmelons produce male and female flowers on the same plant.
Male flowers appear a week before female flowers.
Female flowers have a small bulge near the stem end of the blossom.
Bees or other pollinators must carry pollen from male to female flowers for pollination, flowering, and fruit set to occur.

Muskmelons require plentiful regular, even watering for quick growing.
Give muskmelons at least 5 liters of water every day.
Water with drip irrigation to avoid wetting leaves. Wet leaves are susceptible to fungal diseases.
Keep the soil around muskmelons evenly moist from planting until the fruit begins to develop.
Dry soil a week before harvest will produce the sweetest melons.
Avoid watering plants overhead which can result in mildew.

Muskmelons will be ready for harvest 70 to 100 days after sowing.
When muskmelons reach full-size rinds change from green to tan or yellow and stems turn brown they are ready for harvest.
The skin under the netting will turn yellow-brown when the fruit is ripe and the netting will become more pronounced
A ripe melon will develop a circular crack where the stem attaches to the fruit.
Ripe melons will have a sweet aroma at the stem end.
Ripe melons will slip easily off the stem; a half-ripe melon will require more pressure and may come off with half the stem attached.
Harvest melons when they are dry.