Hi friends! Thanks for your patience with the delay in content recently. BTW, want to grow Watermelons too? Check out this video I made ;) ua-cam.com/video/md0as5LQPHs/v-deo.html Have a great day :) -Kalem
Great video start to finish. Giving me a lot of confidence as I try my hand at growing my own fruits and vegetables, etc. Excited to get started!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Have you tried ' Piel del Sapo ' - (spel?) these are a larger oval melon, and man they are so sweet, but have a firm texture and the flavour of almost burnt sugar/mollasses/ candy floss -like OHHH RIDICULOUS!!! cant recommend enough, you will go nuts !
@TheKiwiGrower hope you're doing well! Thanks so much for new video, documenting everything starting from soil preparation and seed to taste test, that requires dedication. As always, great job Kalem!
It's indeed a forgotten pasttime Many elderly i work with had a veggie garden all their lives. It became way less common within the generation of their kids :/
Melons here in Perth Australia are 7:90 each….😮 Watermelons are almost $5kg a kilo… insane prices… growing them at home this season Thanks for the awesome tips on how to grow these ❤
When I was a kid growing up in the 1950s, the local produce market would have their watermelons floating in a gigantic stock tank along with blocks of ice to cool them. They sold for 2c per lb.! Most of those melons were huge. A 20 lb melon was not unusual. One farming community in our state was the largest producer of cantaloupes in the country (US). The growers would drive up with their pickup trucks filled to the brim with melons. They would park on the side of the road and sell them out of their trucks for 3 or 4 for $1. depending on the size. Small ones were 5/$1. If you found some at 2/$1, they were the size of a football!
Great episode! I love being in a field of ripe melons just before harvest when they smell so sweet and strong. I really want to try the canary melon now.
Here's an organic pesticide recipe I use to drive off any kind of slug or snail, plus most caterpillars, aphids and a few other small bugs: 10g of black pepper powder + 10g of hot chilly powder (or 2-3 chopped chilly peppers) + 1 garlic clove (crushed) per 1 liter of plain (tap) water (in imperial units that'd be roughly 1.5 ounces from each powder per gallon of water) boiled for 5 minutes, than left to cool down and settle. Strain out the solids through a fine filter and spray the liquid all over the plants (including flowers or fruits). It's 100% safe on any kind of plant from vegetables to fruit trees, doesn't hurt honey bees (and similar pollinators) and kills most of the aforementioned pests on contact in a matter of minutes, but unfortunately it doesn't last more than a few days before degrading, so you must reapply it about once a week if you see any parasites creeping back. If you want some (mild) antibacterial effect as well you can add cinnamon powder into the mix (5g/l). The only risk to humans comes from accidental contact with your eyes or nose, as it's basically pepper spray, but although painful it won't do any real harm (just was with plenty of water, the pain will subside in a few minutes). A simple face mask and goggles can easily prevent this.
Don't know what problems you have been having but you have definitely changed for the better. You seem much more happy and there is a definite change in personality. Enjoy you and your videos what ever you are doing to improve your life keep it up. God bless you.
I love the canary melon, or honey melon as they are called in dutch. A really common melon here as well, loved for its honey like sweetness. It's my favourite melon. Especially the "dino egg" variety, which is more expensive and smaller but it's so delicious
Those chickens are getting a treat to. Yes I'm going to try and grow cantaloupe and and strawberries. I love both. Plus you don't get the pesticides on strawberries.
So fascinating to watch . I remember my dad would always cut the tips off to encourage more flowering and clear leaves around them to give them more sunlight . We had so many we would feed them to the chickens !!. Really great informative video as always . Have you done one on watermelon ?
I totally agree about those melons, the canary melons are my favorite! I love the taste of a really well ripened one. Sadly you don't always get those at the supermarket, but when you do it's so wonderful. Also so surreal seeing the elder tree bloom behind you right now, as we've just experienced a very early snow and oh so dark November. Cheers!
I have so much trouble growing them, for example seedlings stay slightly yellowish and small, or they get infested with aphids.. Shocked by how perfect your melons are, I really wish I knew how to get those kinds of results
I’m a recent subscriber (lived in Auckland 1999-2009), am now based in Croatia. LOVE your “show”. Question: In what region of New Zealand are you based? (No worries if you don’t disclose your location). Cheers Zoltan
Kalem! Perfect timing. I saved some seeds this Summer from a particularly delicious cantaloupe. I'm very fortunate living in Northern Indiana, that we can grow many fruits, and the most delicious Cantaloupe ever is grown in Southern Indiana. It's funny you called them "mushy," as the colloquial name for them here is "Mush Melon!"
Great video as always Kalem.🎉 What is your pick for the most powdery mildew-resistant rockmelon varieties? Both heirloom varieties I grew over the past 2 years got bad mildew. I don't really want to get hybrid ones. Thank you! 🌞🙏
In France we eat quite a lot of cantaloupe melons, but they are harvested way earlier in the year than yours, usually early to mid summer is peak cantaloupe season, and they are really ripe and sweet, not watery or anything, so maybe they are started earlier in the year I'm not sure, I was really surprised that yours were ready only in early autumn
The cantaloupe and canary melons they sell at my local (Washington state, US) grocery store are very good, while they are in season. Sorry to hear that you can’t buy good ones where you are, but growing sounds awesome!
I agree with your preference for firm canteloupe . . . perhaps not your preference for sweet, sweet flesh. That is something I would have liked as a kid. Here in the American Southwest canteloupes are a must-have, like tomatoes, okra and black-eyed peas. Your video appeals both to the brain and the senses . . . good job.
Hello from the US west coast. I've never seen (or even heard of) a canary melon. Maybe a specialty market would have one, but typically all I see in the various supermarkets I go to are cantaloupes, watermelons, honeydews, and sometimes kiwano melons. If I ever see one, I'll try it.
In the Philippines, we use the pulp around the seeds plus sugar to make melon juice. Then we cut up the flesh and add that as well. They're really tasty!
Hey mate love the process Can you please let me know where I can find the canary melon The fruit it self if not the seeds Also any tips on how to grow de sapo melon (Christmas melon) or where can I buy it I live in Auckland
Wow! Bump into the channel tonight! What a amazing little world !! Amazing and så calmfully vibes! Impressive - do you have a video about worm farm? :)
Hi Kalem what melons are you growing this year? Are you trying Georgia Rattlesnake again? I have been trying to find the seeds. I am in the Waikato. 🍉🍈
Hello, I am following you, cause even that I live in Canada, but I am crasy about tropical fruits gardening, and trying my best. But I am wondering what is the gardening Zone in your area. Please. Thanks.
Awesome crop! How far away from each other did you plant the two varieties? I wonder if it’s planted right next to each other, if the fruit would be affected due to cross-pollination?
Does anyone else get an itchy mouth from orange colored fruit? For me cantaloupe, oranges and carrots make my mouth itchy. I think it is called OAS (oral allergy syndrome) but I have never bothered to get tested. Thanks for the content and again for taking endless months to produce the produce and content.
Have you ever thought of selling your own line of seeds?? If you would do that and ship internationally I would buy some for sure. Just a thought! ❤️❤️❤️
Would it be too late to start them now? I direct sowed my mini gold water melons about a month ago, my second attempt, last year i just got 1, i tried the stars and moon too but got nothing.
I made the mistake of letting cantaloupes sprawl on the ground. All of the plants ended up with mold. It's ironic too, because I got a nearly 100% germination rate from seeds from store bought melons.
I grew those one year in Texas. The rats and raccoons loved them but I didn’t like the taste. I prefer the musk melons we call Cantaloupe in the US. I also like the Israeli melon. Very sweet w/ pale green flesh.
Amazing how you don't seem to have pickleworms. I can't plant melons cucumbers or squash because of pickleworms. I was using BT but rain just washes it off so it doesn't work and it's too much work to cover them every night
Those seeds took way too long to germinate, you can have plants like those in about 5 days. What you need to do is snip off the sharp pointy edge of the seed, soak in warm water of 32 Deg Celsius for 8hrs, then take seeds out, cover with kitchen towel in a container. They will germinate that same 24hrs, plant them and a few days later youll have plants
Hey bro, just an FYI that the camera rotation/pan while you're standing in the plants at the start and the end is really nauseating. Great content otherwise, as always!
Awesome! Your reaction to the Canary was the same as mine (LOL). Most people seem to prefer my Charentaise or Cantaloup, but it's the firmness of the Canary that makes it so good. Have you tried melon with cheese?
Hi friends! Thanks for your patience with the delay in content recently. BTW, want to grow Watermelons too? Check out this video I made ;) ua-cam.com/video/md0as5LQPHs/v-deo.html
Have a great day :)
-Kalem
Great video start to finish. Giving me a lot of confidence as I try my hand at growing my own fruits and vegetables, etc. Excited to get started!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Have you tried ' Piel del Sapo ' - (spel?) these are a larger oval melon, and man they are so sweet, but have a firm texture and the flavour of almost burnt sugar/mollasses/ candy floss -like OHHH RIDICULOUS!!! cant recommend enough, you will go nuts !
@TheKiwiGrower hope you're doing well! Thanks so much for new video, documenting everything starting from soil preparation and seed to taste test, that requires dedication. As always, great job Kalem!
Beautiful ❤
@@TheSSoSS I haven't but that sounds amazing!
Gardening and growing your own produce is so underrated.
Agreed!
It's indeed a forgotten pasttime
Many elderly i work with had a veggie garden all their lives. It became way less common within the generation of their kids :/
Kalem enjoying his melons - life is good this day !
The best time about winter in Ireland is summer down there and his tank tops ❤
It is so fantastic to see how many different foods grow in your garden! 🥰 Thank you for another wonderful video. 😊
Melons here in Perth Australia are 7:90 each….😮 Watermelons are almost $5kg a kilo… insane prices… growing them at home this season
Thanks for the awesome tips on how to grow these ❤
When I was a kid growing up in the 1950s, the local produce market would have their watermelons floating in a gigantic stock tank along with blocks of ice to cool them. They sold for 2c per lb.! Most of those melons were huge. A 20 lb melon was not unusual.
One farming community in our state was the largest producer of cantaloupes in the country (US). The growers would drive up with their pickup trucks filled to the brim with melons. They would park on the side of the road and sell them out of their trucks for 3 or 4 for $1. depending on the size. Small ones were 5/$1. If you found some at 2/$1, they were the size of a football!
Kalem you are very blessed to live the life you do. Your work inspires and comforts so many of us. ❤
Thanks, that's really kind of you to say. :)
Great Kiwi content.
You’re a big inspiration! Thanks for making this videos!
Great episode!
I love being in a field of ripe melons just before harvest when they smell so sweet and strong.
I really want to try the canary melon now.
Thanks for taking me through the process! Loved learning about these melons!! 👍
Thanks!
Thanks so much for the support!
Here's an organic pesticide recipe I use to drive off any kind of slug or snail, plus most caterpillars, aphids and a few other small bugs: 10g of black pepper powder + 10g of hot chilly powder (or 2-3 chopped chilly peppers) + 1 garlic clove (crushed) per 1 liter of plain (tap) water (in imperial units that'd be roughly 1.5 ounces from each powder per gallon of water) boiled for 5 minutes, than left to cool down and settle. Strain out the solids through a fine filter and spray the liquid all over the plants (including flowers or fruits). It's 100% safe on any kind of plant from vegetables to fruit trees, doesn't hurt honey bees (and similar pollinators) and kills most of the aforementioned pests on contact in a matter of minutes, but unfortunately it doesn't last more than a few days before degrading, so you must reapply it about once a week if you see any parasites creeping back. If you want some (mild) antibacterial effect as well you can add cinnamon powder into the mix (5g/l).
The only risk to humans comes from accidental contact with your eyes or nose, as it's basically pepper spray, but although painful it won't do any real harm (just was with plenty of water, the pain will subside in a few minutes). A simple face mask and goggles can easily prevent this.
Don't know what problems you have been having but you have definitely changed for the better. You seem much more happy and there is a definite change in personality. Enjoy you and your videos what ever you are doing to improve your life keep it up. God bless you.
Yum I grew some canery melon last year delicious
Amazing video!! I'm glad to see Baby got to enjoy some of the melon too.
Those melons look incredible! 😍🙌🍈
I love the canary melon, or honey melon as they are called in dutch. A really common melon here as well, loved for its honey like sweetness. It's my favourite melon. Especially the "dino egg" variety, which is more expensive and smaller but it's so delicious
Those chickens are getting a treat to. Yes I'm going to try and grow cantaloupe and and strawberries. I love both. Plus you don't get the pesticides on strawberries.
I am going to give it a try . I mixed in some chicken manure a month ago , hope it will give the plants a good start.
Sounds like a good start! Good luck :)
Another video inspiring me to get in the garden more, thanks Kalem!
You are so right. I really miss being able to grow my own cantelopes and musk mellons here in Virginia USA. Thanks for the memories. Sam
Awesome video thank you so much! You have inspired me to give it a go :)
So fascinating to watch . I remember my dad would always cut the tips off to encourage more flowering and clear leaves around them to give them more sunlight . We had so many we would feed them to the chickens !!. Really great informative video as always . Have you done one on watermelon ?
Glad you enjoyed it! Yup here's a watermelon one if you're interested :). Some cool varieties too - ua-cam.com/video/md0as5LQPHs/v-deo.html
Hello bosss finally a video 😁
I totally agree about those melons, the canary melons are my favorite! I love the taste of a really well ripened one. Sadly you don't always get those at the supermarket, but when you do it's so wonderful. Also so surreal seeing the elder tree bloom behind you right now, as we've just experienced a very early snow and oh so dark November. Cheers!
Great video! I really was envious of your taste tests ;-)
I enjoy your channel very much!!
just planting the seeds now hopefully ill have enough time for them to fruit ! but then also bought two plants just in case heheh
It’s such a dream to live and grow your own food wow
Awesome video! Canary melon is my favorite! 😍 have you tried “piel de sapo” melon?
Cheers, no I haven’t!
I have so much trouble growing them, for example seedlings stay slightly yellowish and small, or they get infested with aphids..
Shocked by how perfect your melons are, I really wish I knew how to get those kinds of results
Cute cat, nice melons
Nice! Can't wait to plant some melons when we get our land 😀
New camera? Looks good
Grew my own melons 2 years ago, best I’ve ever tasted!
I just didn’t look as good setting up my trellis for vining hahaha
Oh and never shave that moustache!!!
I’m a recent subscriber (lived in Auckland 1999-2009), am now based in Croatia. LOVE your “show”.
Question: In what region of New Zealand are you based? (No worries if you don’t disclose your location).
Cheers Zoltan
Thanks for the guide
Kalem! Perfect timing. I saved some seeds this Summer from a particularly delicious cantaloupe. I'm very fortunate living in Northern Indiana, that we can grow many fruits, and the most delicious Cantaloupe ever is grown in Southern Indiana. It's funny you called them "mushy," as the colloquial name for them here is "Mush Melon!"
Great video as always Kalem.🎉 What is your pick for the most powdery mildew-resistant rockmelon varieties? Both heirloom varieties I grew over the past 2 years got bad mildew. I don't really want to get hybrid ones. Thank you! 🌞🙏
In France we eat quite a lot of cantaloupe melons, but they are harvested way earlier in the year than yours, usually early to mid summer is peak cantaloupe season, and they are really ripe and sweet, not watery or anything, so maybe they are started earlier in the year I'm not sure, I was really surprised that yours were ready only in early autumn
The weather is hotter where you are.
canary melons (just called "gular melónur" or yellow melons in icelandic), are by far icelanders most favorite melon
The cantaloupe and canary melons they sell at my local (Washington state, US) grocery store are very good, while they are in season. Sorry to hear that you can’t buy good ones where you are, but growing sounds awesome!
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!!!
I agree with your preference for firm canteloupe . . . perhaps not your preference for sweet, sweet flesh. That is something I would have liked as a kid. Here in the American Southwest canteloupes are a must-have, like tomatoes, okra and black-eyed peas. Your video appeals both to the brain and the senses . . . good job.
Mm, love rockmelons! REALLY want to try canary melons now.
same, wonder if its too late to start seeds now though
Hello from the US west coast. I've never seen (or even heard of) a canary melon. Maybe a specialty market would have one, but typically all I see in the various supermarkets I go to are cantaloupes, watermelons, honeydews, and sometimes kiwano melons. If I ever see one, I'll try it.
Did you use your own seeds from a previous year. ? If no , where did you buy the Canary Yellow seeds ? V. good video
I was dribbling watching this! 🤤🤤
In the Philippines, we use the pulp around the seeds plus sugar to make melon juice. Then we cut up the flesh and add that as well. They're really tasty!
I know right canary melon is my favoeite so sweet and less musky.
Thanks man, allways helpful content! We on waiheke, where in nz are ya?
Nice, I’m in north Waikato region
My mum used to put juice through sieve and add it back to chopped up melon 😊
Cool cookie duster mate! 🙂
Haha!
Hey mate love the process
Can you please let me know where I can find the canary melon
The fruit it self if not the seeds
Also any tips on how to grow de sapo melon (Christmas melon) or where can I buy it
I live in Auckland
Hermoso
Wow! Bump into the channel tonight! What a amazing little world !! Amazing and så calmfully vibes! Impressive - do you have a video about worm farm? :)
Glad you enjoyed it! No worm farm video yet sorry :)
Too late for this season but totally growing some next year. May I ask where you got the Canary seeds from?
I have had problems with pukeko and pheasant had to net them on frames because they learnt how to jump on the low net and still get the fruit 😊
Hi, great video. Have just got my melon seeds in this week. Is that canary melon the Topaz F1 variety from kings seeds?
No these seeds came from a friend but I'm sure the one you mentioned will be great as well
I enjoyed this video❤ I wonder if I can get the canary melon here in S Africa
Hi Kalem what melons are you growing this year? Are you trying Georgia Rattlesnake again? I have been trying to find the seeds. I am in the Waikato. 🍉🍈
My garden is Soo full and he posted this 😢 can't neglect
Hello, I am following you, cause even that I live in Canada, but I am crasy about tropical fruits gardening, and trying my best. But I am wondering what is the gardening Zone in your area. Please. Thanks.
Awesome crop! How far away from each other did you plant the two varieties? I wonder if it’s planted right next to each other, if the fruit would be affected due to cross-pollination?
They were planted right next to each other. It shouldn't affect the fruit, however there's a chance if the seeds are grown again they could be crossed
BETTER HELP, are they available during NZ hours?
Yep
@TheKiwiGrower thank you 😊
Does anyone else get an itchy mouth from orange colored fruit? For me cantaloupe, oranges and carrots make my mouth itchy. I think it is called OAS (oral allergy syndrome) but I have never bothered to get tested. Thanks for the content and again for taking endless months to produce the produce and content.
If you ever pick these a little green you can always try pickling them!
Love the tash mate! A beard would be sooooo daddy 😂
Hi Kalem could you please try to cross breed chillis plez plez
You fortunate you're in NZ.
Bought 3 hectares to play around in. Baboons taught me i can't.
Have you ever thought of selling your own line of seeds?? If you would do that and ship internationally I would buy some for sure. Just a thought! ❤️❤️❤️
Would it be too late to start them now? I direct sowed my mini gold water melons about a month ago, my second attempt, last year i just got 1, i tried the stars and moon too but got nothing.
🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
I dislike purchasing cantaloupes in the store. All fruits in general. Try honey dew melon? Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed the vlog.
Hi 😊
Hello , do you sell seeds ?
I made the mistake of letting cantaloupes sprawl on the ground. All of the plants ended up with mold. It's ironic too, because I got a nearly 100% germination rate from seeds from store bought melons.
I suggest you plant the Charentais melon.
It's the number one. You'll thank me.
I grew those one year in Texas. The rats and raccoons loved them but I didn’t like the taste. I prefer the musk melons we call Cantaloupe in the US. I also like the Israeli melon. Very sweet w/ pale green flesh.
The canary melon is a lot like white shahtoot mulberry but juicier
Do your turkey boys fight? My two fight bad every spring...they do love melon seeds too
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Hi there can you please tell me if you sell seeds? I'd love some canary melon seeds if you do
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My guy really just said it’s still winter right now, while he’s in shorts and r shirt 😭
You obviously don't have Earwigs in NZ. I'm in constant battle with Earwigs eating everything. Try 40 lettuce seedlings in one night gone. 🇦🇺
😊😊🎉
I have an avocado. It is 1 year old and is as tall as me.
Amazing how you don't seem to have pickleworms. I can't plant melons cucumbers or squash because of pickleworms. I was using BT but rain just washes it off so it doesn't work and it's too much work to cover them every night
don't you have to ruffle the roots to make sure they don't get rootbound?
Hello
Yes. Muskmelons >>>>> honeydew any day
the stache🤰🏽
Those seeds took way too long to germinate, you can have plants like those in about 5 days. What you need to do is snip off the sharp pointy edge of the seed, soak in warm water of 32 Deg Celsius for 8hrs, then take seeds out, cover with kitchen towel in a container. They will germinate that same 24hrs, plant them and a few days later youll have plants
was more concerned about smelling the mellons asshole than the 2 mellons at once
10:47 It looks exactly the way it was, you were just smelling some big juicy melons. ;)
10:45 Nothing like burying your face in a nice pair of melons!😉
Hey bro, just an FYI that the camera rotation/pan while you're standing in the plants at the start and the end is really nauseating. Great content otherwise, as always!
Cheers for the feedback
Awesome! Your reaction to the Canary was the same as mine (LOL). Most people seem to prefer my Charentaise or Cantaloup, but it's the firmness of the Canary that makes it so good. Have you tried melon with cheese?
I don't eat cheese but it sounds like a good combo :)
So cool! I saw that 🪤. 😜