The Kajari Melon Is The BEST Melon You've Never Heard Of
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- In this video, I share a rare fruit that few have tried! Originally from India, the Kajari Melon (also called the Delhi melon) is the size of a gourd, but tastes like a delicious cross between a cantaloupe and a honeydew. The Kajari Melon just may be the best melon you've never heard of!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Growing Kajari Melons & Sourcing Seed
2:09 How To Tell When Kajari Melons Are Ripe
2:52 How to Grow Kajari Melons
4:32 Kajari Melon Taste Test
6:59 How To Save Kajari Melon Seeds
8:38 Adventures With Dale
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I rot my brain and raise my anxiety level binge watching all sorts of videos about the chaos in the world. Your videos are such a welcome break from the madness. Keep up the good work!
I do the same.
I know who is committing what crimes( Politically speaking). I know which party does 95% of the lying. And who pushes hatred and true dis info.
Finally I thought, ya know.... I keep hearing about this shit and nothing ever happens to any of them. How about let's come up with ways to stop all of this before its too late and we literally lose our country (speaking about the USA. Because that's where we're headed. And fast! So I stopped watching all that. I've heard it already. Until someone wants to talk about a fix, I'm done watching all of it. For my own sanity. Good luck and God bless
Really good video... I especially like your use of sacrificial early plants. My tomatoes were attacked early but the late ones were fine
I gave this melon a try this year and was very pleased with the outcome (despite the Florida heat that eventually burned the vines)- I'm going to try seeding again this week to see if I can get a better yield for October. I also planted (in a container) a dwarf Loquat tree (Premier)- I never heard you mention that you have one of these in your garden. The fruit is small (and abundant) with a pair of larger seeds, but the fruit that is there is very sweet- kind of has an orange/plum flavor.
These melons will do very well in Florida's fall. It's basically a second spring. They'll appreciate the cooler temps. I have some new vines growing now that are 3 inches long. I don't grow loquat here due to the challenges. While the tree itself is hardy down to Zone 7b/8a, the fruit can only tolerate temps in the 25-27 degree range. Lots of people are growing loquat trees here, but they're mostly ornamental. The fruit losses are heavy.
Try Sakata melons (also at Baker Creek). Looks like a big green apple. Turns yellow when ripe and eat it crisp like an apple. 70 days. Very sweet.
Do you use rock dust? Compost?
I grew these last year. They were nice and hardy and I got a lot of melons
Succession planting is definitely the way with these. I grew a slightly different variety that was orange inside and you are correct. The scent is absolutely intoxicating! Dale approved lol.
Honestly, I think the scent may be better than the actual taste! I don't know what it is about that melon musk smell, but it's really great. Second only to citrus flowers in full bloom. THAT scent is incredible.
@@TheMillennialGardener that’s a fact! Citrus blooms light up my life 🥰
Thanks! 👍🏼 I'll try those.
Fellow gardener hailing from the Wendell, NC area. Good to see you growing the Kajari melon here as this is my first season with it as well. Hearing your review makes me wish I saved some seed back for a succession planting.
This is right on time, I just got a pack of these seeds from a seed swap. I’ll def have to try them next year. I love honeydew- my absolute favorite melon.
Thank you for the information
I've been wanting to try them. Thanks for the the advice.
Jess got me growing these also. Grew this season with saved seeds. They did great.
Thank you. I just ordered some kajari seeds . Here in SW Florida. Love your channel. Lots of good information. Thank you so much
Can't wait to try this! Thanks for the info on saving the seeds, too! Love your channel 💜 Dale is adorable!
Thank you! Dale says hello!
Thanks. Ordering some now.
Thank you for this tip! I started selling at our local farmer's market and these would be a perfect market melon. I'm definitely buying some and growing next summer! I love your channel, you always provide such great information 👍
That melon is very interesting! I hope to try it next season! Thanks!
I love that Melon, I grew it two summers ago. Didn't save seeds. Only have 2 in my pack. Looks like I'll be adding that to next year's garden
I'm a seed saver, great video! Thanks
Wow, I love melons and I’m gonna give this one a try. I’ve had good luck with my Crimson Red and Sugar Baby melons but my Cantaloupe plants never seem to make it 😢
What a smart pup you are, Dale! 💯 I pass a Dale Street often, and it always makes me think of this channel lol
I wish I had a Dale Street sign 😂 Thank you for watching, and Dale says hello!
Hey, thanks for sharing. Got my seeds, sprouted in three days in a humidity dome and they are now in an EarthBox container, growing like crazy. Great video, love the ending!
Thanks for the video. I got my seeds in the ground today. Good to know they are easy to grow & best to do succession plantings. Glad I can save the seeds for next year.
If Dale likes it then I am in. Gotta grow this next year. Thanks
Great video
Thanks for sharing with us all. I'm new to NC looking forward to my garden next year.
Melons do very well here. The trick is to not rush them out into the garden right after last chance of frost like you would a tomato or pepper. They're best delayed about 3 weeks after the last frost date in spring. They want consistent temps and don't like it when nights dip into the 50's.
Great video will definitely be trying this ty
Thank you! You’ll like it!
I tried kajari melon this season. Love it. Tried other kind of melon from bakercreek , forgot the name . But its dark green and very sweet. Can smell the ripen melon from far away.
Melons grow well in hot, humid, rainy areas. They're one of the few things that can grow here in the South during the summer. I definitely need to find other cool types!
I grew lots of these this year and they were very productive all the time October. They had a great flavor but later in the season they weren’t quite as good while my other melons still had excellent flavor. They did best in July and Aug here in Arkansas. We grew ours on a 7 ft tall trellis. The Model Melon from Baker Creek is even better. Family favorite here
Does it survive the vine borer???
When can you tell if the model melon is ripe? I am growing those and the forst one was bland and flavorless. Looked big enough though?
Thanks, I just heard about fruit. Can’t wait to get my hands on some seeds. Thank you for the details.
You're welcome! If you like melons, this one is a keeper.
Yay!! Hi friend! Oh I’m so so glad you tried them and liked them! I’m sorry I’ve sort of disappeared from growing and UA-cam. Life sure has changed for me since I’ve visited you. I really need to go back and binge your channel. Looks like you’ve been doing AMAZING!! Thank so much for not forgetting me and the shout out 💚
Hey, Heather! I certainly have not forgotten! I thank you every time I plant these seeds. It's a great plant I may never have discovered otherwise. I'm glad you saw this video. I hope you're doing well, and I hope life is changing for the better and still growing.
Central Iowa here and I planted the Kajari for the first time. I lost my first plant to either a animal or bugs eating through the vine. But I was able to save one fruit from it and boy was it good. My second plant did much much better with probably 7-10 melons on it. I thought the fruit were a little small and did find a few on the ground. Lol I thought an animal had got to them, but your explanation about them falling when ripe makes more sense. I find them delicious is taste and I have never been a fan of honeydew melons, but these are FABULOUS. They taste more like cantaloupe to me than honeydew. But definitely a keeper and will be growing again.
i am definitely growing these! Thanks!
Outstanding! You won't regret it!
So interesting! I now know about this melon😊Thank you👍 Hey Dale!!😁
I highly recommend if you love cantaloupe and honeydew. Dale says hello
I've finally bought seeds now that I live where melons can thrive. Can't wait.
What a beautiful sounding heirloom melon variety. I got my hopes up when you said it was a different species because I'm allergic to cantaloupe. Sadly this is Cucumis melo just like most of the melons we eat in the west. So it's not one I can eat. Sure looks lovely! I'll continue my hunt for a different species to try growing. Great video!
Last year my kajaris were one of my favorites! This year the seed we planted produced a melon that was cross pollinated with some kind of cantaloupe, unfortunately, and they weren’t anywhere near as good. Hopefully next year the seed we plant will be a true kajari! Another type of melon we planted from a Baker Creek packet was cross pollinated, too! They still taste good, at least.
Love Dale… thanks for the taste description of the melon. I probably won’t like it but others will do I’ll enjoy growing it❤
Blessings to you and yours ❤🙏🏼🕊🌸🌼🌺🐝
Thank you! Dale says hello
I first heard of this melon from Jess at Roots and Refuge Farm. She raves about it and now you've inspired me to try growing it.
I'm glad to hear about it! I'm very lucky someone turned me onto the melon, or I may have never heard of it. I've been growing it ever since, which has been 3 straight seasons. I will be growing more next year for sure!
I'm growing Kajari this year. Good tip on succession planning.
I grow these every year there awesome
Super yummmm! Definitely planning to grow this melon next year! Thank you and Dale for sharing! 😊🌱❤️
You're welcome! It's one of the easiest melons to grow. It's beautiful, too!
@@TheMillennialGardener yes they are! 🤩
Hey Anthony! That one is on my list to try. I usually grow the Minnesota Midget...it produces a lot of fruit. I purchased Tiger melon seeds to try next year.
Pretty melon outside and inside. I totally trust Dale's taste buds...I will keep this melon on my desire list.😃
Indeed, Dale is one smart pup! Wow!😃 🐕
Interesting. I need to experiment with more of these melons. I like growing the traditional watermelons, but they take forever to get a harvest. I'm going to research some of these earlier types for next year! Dale sends his love as always!
Planted some here in southern Minnesota zone 4b! Wish me luck
Hello! Where I used to live, many varieties of melons were grown, but I have never seen such an amazing variety. Maybe someday I'll try it. Thanks for the interesting video👍💙
You're welcome! If you're a melon fan, you'll love this!
Cool! I just ordered some from Baker Creek. I was happy about their FREE shipping too! Thanks, I love trying to grow new/different things!!
They're the best I've found when it comes to shipping.
I just bought some of these seeds today. Hopefully I can get a harvest.
Will totally try this melon on Dale's recommendation. I love honeydew and cantaloupe; am order ing seeds right now. Thank you and thanks to Dale 🐶
If you love honeydew and cantaloupe, you're going to love this! You'll get these a month before the others are ready, too!
@@TheMillennialGardener sounds awesome; I love a shorter growing period....hopefully harvest fruit before pests do! Thanks
Thanks for the recommendation! Just ordered mine… along with 21 other seed packs lol. I’m a sucker for unique seed and Baker’s creek gets me every time!! Is it Spring yet? 😆
Haha, happy to add to the addiction 😆 These unique types of fruits and vegetables are great. Many of the "traditional" vegetables struggle or can't grow at all in my hot, humid, wet summers, and these fruits imported from places like China and India usually tolerate my conditions better. I can actually grow things!
Baker Creek is my addiction. They are a few hours drive from me and i need to visit sometime. I probably have the next 3 years garden seeds already but i still order more. I have not even gotten their 2023 catalog yet.
@@MysticSpank they are quickly becoming my new addiction too. Probably better they aren’t within driving distance for me lol. Something magical about seeds, I want them all!
@J Birdsong I’m in 9b and don’t anticipate any issues w the heat as long as I sow at first signs of spring. If I succession plant, I’ll make sure the melons get some afternoon shade. I imagine the same will work for you. Maybe plant against the house to provide some overnight warmth?? Good luck!
Love your dog 😊
Thank you!
Your knowledge, clear explanations and energy is inspiring for all!
You're welcome! I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you for watching.
Thank you for the recommendation as regular Melons take a long time before you can enjoy the fruit. I'm definitely trying this one.
This one is the best of both worlds: all the taste with half the wait!
Shout out to dale!!!! 🐾 🐾 🐾 Hims a good boii!! Hims a good boii. Wow thanks for sharing your amazing knowledge! You are so smart, and so sweet. Thank you for inspiring me to grow my own food
I'm glad the videos are inspiring you! Dale says hello ☺
You are correct, I had never heard of kahari melons until I saw your video.
It's a really great melon!
Great video. We in port Charlotte continue to dig out
I hope you’re doing ok all things considered. Sending thoughts and prayers your way.
Your new video style is so good! So happy for you and the progress of your channel 🥰 I was inspired to try figs this year from your other vids and can't wait to try these melons! 7A
Thank you! I've tried hard to chapter these into segments and piece them together rather than shoot them as one or two long segments. I think people enjoy the constant changing of scenery better, which is why they constantly switch camera angles on TV. It keeps your mind engaged, where it otherwise tends to wander when one angle is held too long. I'm glad the videos are helpful. This melon will do great in Zone 7. Just time it so they take advantage of the heat. They don't like the cool spring. They want warm weather.
WOW KNOXVILLE , TENNESSEE !!!
My baker creek seeds of this didn’t germinate last year for whatever reason. I had 4 seeds left and have 2 thriving plants with fruit atm. I’m so excited about this. Wasn’t sure how big they’d get. Almost, but not looking ripe yet. Sugar babies are intertwined. Wondering about cross pollination etc. thanks for the vid!
First time I hear about it. It looks nice.
It's a really great melon. If you like cantaloupe or honeydew, you'll love this.
Sounds alot like the Altaiskaya melon from victory seeds. I will have to give it a try.
The kajari melon looks like I will give it a try next year
I highly recommend! Glad I could show you something new!
@@TheMillennialGardener ok thanks this is for next summer
It is so pretty! It could be a Christmas ornament
It is an unusually beautiful melon. It looks like a gourd. It's very decorative, but due to the thin shell, they don't store well. They're best eaten quickly.
❤❤❤❤ Dale
My Kajari melons do very well in north Texas, near the Dallas-Forth Worth area. Long, hot, humid summer season generally, but this year was VERY dry. With copious amounts of supplemental water (I used a soaker hose) they did well trellised and heavily mulched with leaf litter and pine straw. I sowed in the soil three successive crops of them starting in late spring (about April for us) and fertilized with balanced organic fertilizers about every month. They really had problems with vine borers until I got my bT and pest repellent sprays going. Squash bugs and vine borers were really bad here this year on all my gourds and melons.
My grandmother used to use old milk cartons, the square wax ones, on crops that vine borers attacked. Worked like a charm for her.
@@mooonie6634 Excellent tip! I’ve tried aluminum foil, but I’m not able to easily reach the base of each plant after they get large enough, with all the under-cropping I do. I’ll try the cartons this coming Spring! 😊 Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your strategies. Squash-growing is a continual challenge for Texas gardeners.💚
@@mooonie6634would you consider explaining how the cartons were used? Half in the ground? Just sitting on top? Thank you so much.
@@aemyrge the tops were straightened out and about an inch of the milk carton flaps were then bent to form a brace on the outside of carton and pushed a couple of inches deep in the soil. ...just having the carton flaps in their tracks, stopped them from getting to the vegetable. You could probably do the same thing with those plastic gallon jugs too, just cut off the top part and cut the bottom part free too. good luck with it. I would check them everyday and pick off any worms you find.
If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching ☺TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Growing Kajari Melons & Sourcing Seed
2:09 How To Tell When Kajari Melons Are Ripe
2:52 How to Grow Kajari Melons
4:32 Kajari Melon Taste Test
6:59 How To Save Kajari Melon Seeds
8:38 Adventures With Dale
I welcome your suggestions and advice. As an avid melon lover I tried casaba melons for the first time. The thick skin makes them great to avoid pest damage.
Just to update the name:
The Kahari is actually Kagri
J as in James and second a has a very slight sound.
Please start selling your seeds that you save. There are reasons to like and dislike Baker Creek, but I could tell you grew their specific Kajari Melon the minute I saw your thumbnail. Someone where I live in Northern California tried to do some kind of environmentally friendly farming that involved planting and watering once then never watering again but letting the occasional rain do it and never pulling weeds and letting nature take it's course, and one of the things they planted were these melons. They got a lot of melons, but they were about the size of an apple. But seriously start selling your own seeds, look at your comments, you got people going on Baker Creek shopping sprees and they could be shopping for seeds on your site, and also you might try tweeting Baker Creek or even calling them. When I complained about some seeds with the wrong species names their actual CEO called me on the phone which surprised me, said he would fix it, which was cool. They did fix it too, at least on their website - a year later, for one plant. This is why you should start your own seed company.
Thanks for the tip. I have to try this now. I just ordered these off Baker Creek for next year. They are really expensive on Amazon.
Baker Creek is by far the best place to order since they ship individual packets quickly.
I had fantastic results growing Kajari melons this year. Two vines produced about 25 melons.
WOW! That vastly whooped me. I'll be practicing more with this melon. It's a winner.
@@TheMillennialGardener It was my first time growing them. Just compost with a little Happy Frog fertilizer at bed preparation, then fish emulsion a couple times, and kept well watered until they were nearly ripe. I found that they split after heavy watering if they were nearing ripe, so I cut back on the water at the end. I direct sowed them. I'm not fond of any melon, except watermelon, but my husband couldn't get enough of them. Definitely growing them again.
@@TheMillennialGardener One more thing, they were super slow to get going and then setting any fruit, but when they took off in the hottest part of summer they went crazy with vines and melons.
Ok you convinced me, I'm going to grow one of these as a bottom cover vine in my 3x3 grow tent. Maybe I'll have fresh Kajari Melon for Christmas!
It's worth a shot. Melons do not like cool temps below 50 degrees, so it's getting harder to grow them unless you're someplace very warm in the winter. However, their fast fruiting makes them one of the easier melons to grow.
@@TheMillennialGardener I have plants overwintering in a 3x3 grow tent, a lot of light is being wasted just hitting the ground though.
I'll definately plant some next to my Tigger melons in the spring.
Dale is so adorable 🐕🥰
He's the best ☺
The beds on the south side of my house are melon producing machines! I’m going to do one bed of watermelon and one cantaloupe this next season but I might give these a try someday.
Melons *love* persistent warm weather and sun, so it doesn't surprise me the warmest, sunniest side of the yard produces the best. They're one of the few things that can handle our July and August heat and humidity.
@@TheMillennialGardener they thrive on it!!
Fonzy or Fonzie,Piel Del Sapo,canary,Sharlyn. All very unique melons. Try them
Would like to try this melon….sounds like an easy one to plant, however, I don’t have a seeding start mat yet……..I ‘ll watch your tutorial on growing them……tks again for another informative plant to grow…….you’re a peach!!!! 👵🏻
I have a few very inexpensive seedling heat mats linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description. They are game-changers. I highly recommend them and they're very affordable.
I LOVE THESE MELONS. Melons did well for me despite the heat and drought. I got mine from BACK YARD GARDEN SEEDS. They specialize in plants for small space/ urban gardeners.
Melons are one of the few things that do well in really hot, humid weather. They grow when other crops (like tomatoes) fail!
Nice, my dog can spell that too , I hadn't intended going out for at least an hour , now I have a dog looking at me and at the screen and at me and now gone for her lead. I can now ponder two things in the rain, Kajari melon growing and having to dry a soggy doggy when i return. Great video too.
Once you mention a walk, there is no hope. It's just whining and pawing at your legs until you get up and go. It's best to *not* say a thing until you're 100% ready to go 😂 Your dog will probably love this melon, too!
I can get into this one. I love melons but my husband doesn't so much. I haven't grown melons because I can't get through them myself and I don't want to waste them. This is a nice size for one. Thank you and Dale is a good boy!
This is the perfect melon for a household where only one person likes them. They are personal-sized. One person can easily eat the entire melon and not feel bad about it or split it between two comfortably. Dale is the *best* boy
I tried the delicious Kajari and tiny Chrysanthemum melon this year. The Kajari stood the test of 100 degree plus heat and the Chrysanthemum, not so much.
We are really excited about vegetable gardening!! Since we came across your videos we're super excited because of the way you cover so many great 👍 subjects!!! Thank you for Sharing your knowledge with us!!
I'm so happy to hear that!! I'm glad to hear you're enthused! It's so much fun to do this. The best advice I can give you is to start slow and don't do too much at once, because it can become overwhelming until you get a system down. It's better to be successful with a few things than struggle with too much too quickly. Each year, you add more and more and grow.
Thank you! 😊
Bought some Kajari melon seeds. Fingers crossed, they will grow
I grew these last year Jess from Roots and Refugee had them. So I tried them. I placed mines in a sheer bag and tied it to the cattle panel.
I can’t resist a cute dog. Hi Dale!❤️❤️❤️
Dale says hello 😊
I grew Kajari Melon for the first time this year and sadly I don't think I will grow it again. I'm in zone 6a. Planted 2 Kajari melon plants over my arch trellis. I got 1 plant that were full of aphids in its early stage to the point it didn't continue growing. The other plant did well and grew at least 10 melons that I harvested. While they look beautiful and smells amazing, they didn't taste anything better than store bought honeydrew.
It was difficult to time when to harvest it too, because it either crack open or fall off the vine as soon as it turned orange. Some of them had no cracks when I picked it, but crack right after picking. I tied some used t-shirt underneath each melon to tried and catch them as they fall- but most of the time ants and squash bugs already got in. I have read online that some people suggest harvesting the melons before ripe and let it ripen on the counter. I tried that also, yet found that they were rotting as soon as they changed color. My Kajari plant was having powdery mildew and filled with squash bugs towards the end of the summer. For everything that went through with growing Kajari Melon, I felt so discouraged from growing it again :(
It sounds like you got too much rain, and that was the problem. That isn't really a fault of the melon, because all melons are susceptible to taking in too much water and being bland if it's too wet outside at the wrong time. If they were splitting, they were probably waterlogged. Anything you can do to protect the plants from rain during ripening (maybe place a bucket or tarp over the plant during heavy rainfall?) would yield better fruit. What makes these melons great is they fruit quickly and can be succession planted, so if you stagger the vines, if your first vines have bad timing with the weather, the second vines may mature their fruit during a drier period.
I just ate my first kajari melon ever, from my garden. It wasn't great tasting. It was about the size of a golfball. Lots of seeds, so the edible fruit was a very thin slice. It grew to that size and whole vine started dying. Now the same thing is happening with the other melon that came out at the same time. My water is very salty, very high mineral - 1800ppm total dissolved solids (yep, 18-hundred ppm). I'm not sure if that is stunting the growth or if it's something else.
Ordering some from Baker, now. Thanks for another great video. Wiki says hardy to zone 6, I am zone 8. Hope to try experiment to grow indoors over winter. lol
Melons are not frost tolerant. You can only grow them during the core heat of the summer. They also hate cool temps. The nights need to be comfortably into the 50's and warmer. They're purely tropical, so they're actually a Zone 12+ plant!
Oh shoot! Received my seeds zone 5 here. Wish me luck!
Love both Honeydew and Cantaloupe so... Im headed to bakers creek website after this and getting a pack! haha
If you love cantaloupe and honeydew, you'll love this.
I think Ill pickup a pack of these seeds, I do enjoy trying some off the beaten path things that you dont normally find :)
I think if you give these a shot, assuming you like cantaloupe and honeydew, they'll become a regular crop!
My Favorite is Sugar Cube which is a F1 hybrid melon.Perfect size and flavor.Wonderful aroma and very disease resistant.Quite good productivity as well. Try it 👍🏽☮🇺🇸
Is that a cantaloupe? I’ve had pretty good(ish) luck with Honey Rock.
@@TheMillennialGardener Yes most like Cantaloupe
Love this! I want to find a smaller melon to grow as I find larger melons a bit much for us to eat
This fits the bill!
@@TheMillennialGardener defo
I grew Tiger Melons but only got one this season... They're like little honeydews and I'm definately growing them again, I might plant one just to occupy the floor of my overwintering grow tent. That or Cucumbers.
I'll have to get some of these seeds for next year, large melons dont do well this far north. Cucumbers and small melons go great though.
Dale has me sold. 😂😂
I had so so luck with these melons but definitely need to find the best supports for them hanging because the good ones snapped off before I could harvest 😭
Heat and humidity is required for good melons in most cases. Be sure not to plant them too early. They don't do well in the cool spring or cool fall. They like warmth.
It's so pretty
Thanks for watching!
Would it be ok to replant in same grow bags with succession planting? Waiting on weather to transplant my seedlings. Great video, thanks!
I actually grew these a few years ago. 😊
They're great!
In India, we eat it like just another melon without knowing what it's called.
Glad to finally know it's name. Gonna be on the look out for this one the next time I buy melons.
I sort of wish I never saw your channel. I'm going broke ordering things you recommend. Lol. Love your videos.
It's an investment. There is an initial up-front cost to gardening. I think I spent about $3,000 in the beginning building all my beds, filling them with compost, setting the 4x4 wood posts, building a fence, etc., but now I seriously buy almost no produce. The only produce I buy weekly are carrots when they're not in season, and celery, because I eat them daily. Aside from that, we really only buy meat and dairy, so I'm able to feed us seasonally out of the garden all year long. It will get even easier in the future as my fruit trees grow. In another 2-3 years, I will have harvests so large that I'll be able to preserve the food and buy even less. Over time, you'll save money, and you'll be so much healthier for it because of the higher quality food you're eating and all the additional sunshine and fresh air you'll get. The amount of money you can save on healthcare will be immeasurable.
I was very excited to grow this melon for the first time this summer. But my area (8b) had a prolonged cold, wet spring. Everything got to a late start and struggled. I made the decision to pull the vines and grow something else as my growing season isn't that long. Well... now we're having an unusually dry and warm October!🤦🏻♀️ I wish I had a crystal ball, lol!
Melons like warm, humid weather for prolonged periods. If you find yourself in a cool spell, making a little hoop house around them to trap heat is a great idea. That's why I like the modular hoop houses I made in this video here, because they can be placed as necessary and quickly removed: ua-cam.com/video/RTkcST9kxXU/v-deo.html
Great video! I noticed you grew them in bags. How did you fertilize them throughout the season?
Thanks! Kajari melons grow so quickly that I really only need to fertilize them 3-4 times. You fertilize at transplant with a big handful of organic 5-5-5 and a big drink of fish emulsion in a watering can, then you simply use soluble fetilizers in a watering can every 14 days until they mature. In about 6-8 weeks, they're producing. They have a short life, so multiple succession plantings are recommended.
@@TheMillennialGardener Got it! Thanks for the advice.
3 years and never have success with melon the cucumber beettle always get them , but i may try this one next year 😁
I grew another Baker Creek variety, called a Tigger melon. It too outgrew the bugs and diseases, but was absolutely tasteless. Are you sure these Kajari taste good, because they look very similar to the Tigger.
Nice, personal size melon. Awesome. Any other cool melons you know of?
If you enjoy personal sized melons, the Honey Rock cantaloupe is perfect.
Hey Baker Creek has the maturity listed as 70day. If your results were 50-60day thats pretty awesome.