Melon 'Hale's Best'
Melon 'Hale's Best' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Hale's Best' is a delicious, heirloom rockmelon that bears oval, fragrant, salmon-pink fruit with deep green skin and golden netting. It is a heavy producer with good resistance to powdery mildew. Days to harvest: 80.
Product: Melon 'Hale's Best'
Product type: SEED (35)
Botanical name: Cucumis melo
Hale's Best' is a delicious, heirloom rockmelon that bears oval, fragrant, salmon-pink fruit with deep green skin and golden netting. It is a heavy producer with good resistance to powdery mildew. It can be grown vertically where space is limited but support the fruit with onion bags. Melons require a long, hot growing season.
Plant type: Warm season annual vine
Plant height: 45 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 23 - 35°C
Temperate: Oct - Nov, after all danger of frost
Subtropical: Sept - Nov after all danger of frost
Tropical: April - July
Germination: 4 - 10 days
Depth: 10 - 20 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Directly where it is to grow or start early in individual seedling pots
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained, pH 6 - 6.5
Rows: 1.5 m apart
Details: Pinch out the growth tip to encourage branching; when fruit forms pinch back the vine to 2 leaves beyond the fruit
Harvest: 85 days: harvest when the melon slips easily from the stem
35 seeds per packet
Cucumis melo
Warm season annual vine
Melon 'Hale's Best'
Hale's Best' is a delicious, heirloom rockmelon that bears oval, fragrant, salmon-pink fruit with deep green skin and golden netting. It is a heavy producer with good resistance to powdery mildew. Days to harvest: 80.