Growing Rockmelon, also Canteloupe

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16 Mar 11 adam (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Richard. if you're in the southern Highlands of NSW, then it's cool/mountain, not sub tropical. It doesn't matter if they're on the ground or trellis, the bugs might get 'em on the ground, or they might rot if it gets too wet. In the cool zones, the rockies often don't ripen, it's a touch and go thing every year. I don't think they'll get much bigger, and the vines tend to start dying off this time of year. I get ripe ones about every four years, it's just too short a season. I got some smaller short season ones a few years ago, and on a normal year, they're okay. This year it was just too cold, not enough sunshine for them. If you're below 1100 metres, you should get some growing to maturity, but they'll probably be smaller than normal. Hope this helps.
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11 Apr 22 Mel (Australia - temperate climate)
We had a rockmelon vine come up by itself, in January I believe. Two melons on the vine and the skin is still pretty green. Will they still ripen this late in the season?
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22 Feb 20 Marie (Australia - temperate climate)
My plants have a lot of flowers but not setting fruit
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