It is best to use drip irrigation in combination with the plastic mulch. Piedmont: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Marlboro, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, and York Counties.Ĭoastal Plain: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, and Williamsburg Counties. Spraying the mulch white reduces the amount of heat absorbed. The hotter soils created by a black mulch become too hot during the summer and early fall. If a second crop or fall crop is going to be planted on the black plastic mulch, spray-paint the black mulch white. Other advantages of this type of mulch are weed control and a reduction of fruit rot. The black plastic will warm the soil faster in the spring and will also conserve moisture throughout the season. To plant, punch a small hole in the plastic and plant the seed or transplant. The black plastic absorbs the sun’s warmth, allowing the soil to warm quickly. Under normal conditions melons grown from transplants can be harvested as much as two weeks earlier than melons grown directly from seed.Īnother way to get an early start on your melon crop is to use black plastic mulch. Melons seeds can be planted directly in the garden or transplants can be grown to get an early start. These melons are very tender and should be planted after the last chance of frost. It is best to plant when the soil temperature is at least 60 to 65 ☏. PlantingĬantaloupe and honeydew are warm-season crops that grow best at average air temperatures between 65 and 75 ☏. Honeydew melons usually have green or white flesh, although some newer varieties may have orange or pink flesh. The honeydew melon is another group of melons. The Athena “cantaloupe” or muskmelon ( Cucumis melo ‘Athena’) is a popular commercial variety that also growswell in home gardens.īarbara H.
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