Harvest Time -The Worlds Smallest Cantaloupe (Minnesota Midget Melon) 

Thank you so much. They have a really great flavor to them

Bahaha right when I held it up I was thinking this might be overkill lol

They are my favorite i grow them every summer. They are sweeter than the bigger ones

Mine are mostly actually not that tiny, just on the smaller side. Maybe my plant set out it's fruits more gradually... they didn't have to compete as much for nutrition ...? I'm still newer to growing muskmelons, so idk. But I've grown MMs all 3 times, along with a couple other varieties and they were not usually that tiny. They tasted the same to us as the Hale's best, couple other average, also basically modern varieties myself or my friend was growing. I grew MMs due to our short season (some years, not 2022 !) here in nw Wisconsin. Just so folks know, MIGardener has the best price and great quality ( usually even better germination rates than others) and the same amount of seeds as most others. Pinetree was my other go-to, as Baker Creek was too expensive for me, but yes, I think they do good work, and it's great to support them if one can, as also the Seed Saver's Exchange, who has a really unique selection of some things. I just ordered the Petit Gris de Rennes cantaloupe, and the Emerald Gem too, from them. Even those leaving reviews on these agreed with the flavor they're alleged to have ! The reviews were very helpful, apparently many older varieties like the french ones, don't slip from the vine/stem easily when ripe, as so many modern varieties. I highly recommend checking out their website & request a free catalog. Back to Pinetree - they have a pretty thorough selection of herbs, incl. dye plants and tobacco, which I grow for an OG pest repellent. I got the "wild" variety. I put a handful of Tob. in each hole at planting or transplanting time to repel cucumber beetles from being an issue on all my cuke and squash family stuff ( who runs out of zucchini mid summer ?!?! ). Seems to be what's suddenly, totally saving my plants !!! Got the idea from a similar thing in the book "carrots love tomatoes" .

They are really yummy and they grow so much better for me. It's really dirt until we hit monsoon season in July.

Oh nice I'm going to try potatoes next season I'm pretty excited about it

Awww thank you and big welcome. My garden is truly my happy place

Hey welcome!!!! And yes it totally should be a thing it smells so sweet. Now I'm just staring at the plant like soooo you want to grow another one lol

Yay welcome. Yes they are the best I try to packs everything into my lil garden so I'm always planting mini plants lol. I have bush Cucumbers too

@@TeamBensonHomestead awesome!! We are first time gardeners growing some veggies. It's addicting and exciting :)

Awww thank you so much and welcome to my channel 😀

Thank you do much my garden is truly my happy place

I actually have those in my garden now I love them 😍

Anytime I hope you love them they are one of my favorite things to grow each summer

Aww thank you it was fun. Those are the sweetest lol melons

You are so welcome! and exciting you are going to love them

lol right if extra is an option always be extra lol

Bahaha those lil melons are delicious, you ate going to love them

Oh that sounds so pretty

Awww thank you do much I love to inspire others to garden it's the most peace you will ever find. My grandparents moved to AZ from Japan like 50 years ago. So when my parents retired when I was in high school we moved mlback to AZ. And there was no shoveling snow so I was sold lol

Lol love it its important. I love it how if I'm so someone a picture of something in my phone I have to grow through tons of garden photos lol

@@TeamBensonHomestead I have more recent pictures of my plants than my children.

Bahaha that's too funny

They are my favorite I just planted some seeds for this year

They are so yummy

Thank you so much I love to have fun

Bahaha awwww thanks

Thank you so much. The most I'm gotten has been 3 or 4. I'm still trying to find the perfect spot for them in my garden. I'm trying 2 different spots this year.

I saved all the ones from this lil melon so if you can't find them just let me know

I’m doing watermelon to and learnt to hand pollinate now I have 3

Nice!!! I'm hoping to get some watermelon from my Monsoon plant it's getting really big with the rains

Lol wait what there is more than 1 type??? I will have to look into that because I love them

I love those lil melons. I did a video on ants but the mixture I used was borax, sugar and water. Just make a paste and put it in wax paper next to the ant hill.

Awww thank you. Last year I grew 1 plant and it had about 4 or 5. This year I planted 2 but this is my first one. It's been hard because the weather hot hot so early so i had to cover everything with shade cloth and the bees couldn't get to it as well

Hello I got mine from Baker Creek www.rareseeds.com

I love those lil guys. How did yours turn out

@@TeamBensonHomestead Well it's been the coldest summer I can remember here with temps of 10 degrees in june (50f) and then we have had some hot days (like today will be 32!) but it's been changing every 3 days what the temperature is. SO ... long story short, my little melons aren't ready yet! I can't wait till they are!

I want to try the red ones I love having different colors in my garden. I'm growing the Clemson okra

Hey they are Mason Ladders. I show them in this video putting them together ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-11QZBSLQLw0.html

@@TeamBensonHomestead Thank you sooo much!!

It takes a lot of hot heat. I grow it in triple digits here in AZ

Not for me because my garden is in the shade mainly during the hottest part of the day. But in Aug I do a little just because it's like 120 lol. But the shade cloth helps I still try and not let the plants touch it

Oh no is it really hot where you are. You should just be able to cover it with a bit of shade cloth. Also deep water it

Yeah each year is kinda different sometimes they are a little better but this year the weather was so crazy

Oh nice I only found them at Baker Creek but now I save my own seeds

Yes you can they don't take up a lot of space. I grew it in a regular size pot with a little trellis last year

they are the best

It's great for a trellis

U can grow watermelon vertically to just make sure the trellis is strong enough and you’ll want to support them with cloth, panty hose or even a face mask tied to the cage with the melon resting on it

@@howtowithelizabeth7513 I definitely will give it a try one season because I have one trellis that I don’t know what to do with 🐈‍⬛

Hey yes now I just pinch the leaves right when I see them. But I stopped using any sprays in my garden a little over a year ago and now I have spiders and lizards they keep everything clean of bugs.

Hey yes I saved all the seeds from this one I can mail you some.

So it's a Minnesota Midget Cantaloupe is the name.

I have tried a sugar baby but it died. I'm going to try again this year

@@TeamBensonHomestead good luck ! Your garden is legit

@@nachospopthe3rd564 thank you🥰