From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-08-20 15:52, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 5:23:22 PM UTC-4, T wrote:   
   >> On 2020-08-20 07:19, Pavel314 wrote:   
   >>> I planted a couple varieties of cantaloupe this year and they're all   
   ripening at the same time. I think that next year, I'll plant a couple of   
   hills in early May, like I did this year, then plant a couple more in mid- or   
   late-May to spread out the    
   harvest. The melons are very good but it's getting difficult to keep up with   
   them. Fortunately, the sheep enjoy the excess.   
   >>>   
   >>> Paul   
   >>>   
   >> My best cantaloupe was one one melon and it was the   
   >> size of a baseball.   
   >>   
   >> What variety did you grow?   
   >>   
   >> What kind of fertilizer did you use?   
   >   
   > I grew one hill of El Gordo melons; we just picked a 15 pound melon this   
   morning. Another hill was just plain cantaloupes, I don't recall any special   
   variety on those. Those are normal size, like what you get at the store.   
   >   
   > I scattered sheep manure from the barn in the pumpkin patch and tilled it in   
   well in the spring. When I planted the hills, I dug out a shovel full of dirt   
   below each and filled the hole with compost. I also sprinkled a tablespoon or   
   so of 10-10-10 into    
   the hole but that was all the fertilizing I did.   
   >   
   > We also have a very large pumpkin out there; the variety is called "First   
   Prize" and is said to grow up to 300 pounds. Will let you know how that one   
   turns out.   
   >   
   > Paul   
   >   
      
   "sheep manure".  That explains it.   
      
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