Last fall when we picked the last of her green beans, my Granddaughter Ava said that she would like to grow cantaloupe in her garden next year. I really did not know whether the season was long enough in upstate New York to produce a decent melon, however, I purchased seed on Ebay for variety that was supposed to be just right for our zone. The seeds were started early in the spring, but as we had a cool damp spring, they were not doing all that well. We decided to plant a different variety using some seeds off the rack at Home Depot. Today, we picked our first melon, it is the variety from Home Depot, and it is a beauty. The melon below is called Hart's jumbo, and it certainly is jumbo.
So why post it on a hydroponic gardening blog if it was grown outdoors? The answer is: that every time I drained an ebb and flow system, I dumped the "used" nutrients on the melon patch. Over the years I have found that "used " nutrients are really not completely used at all.
I retired in 2006 after 16 years as a Purchasing Manager with a large Federal Credit Union. Prior to that I worked as an Administrative Manager and Facilities Engineer for 31 years with a multi-national manufacturing company.
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