Things You'll Need:
- Small 3-inch pots
- Hand trowel
- Garden soil or compost
- Cantaloupe seeds
- Water
- Large containers or grow bags
- Trellis support
- Netting or old pantyhose
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Step 1
Fill your small pots with a garden soil or rich compost. You'll need as many pots as you would like to have plants. As a precaution, you may want grow two to three extras in case some seeds don't germinate.
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Step 2
Sow a seed into each pot 1-inch deep and cover without packing the soil down. Keep the soil moist for the first few weeks, but not overly wet or dry. The temperature in your greenhouse should be around 86 degrees during the day with a drop to no less than 75 degrees at night.
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Step 3
Transplant the seedlings to individual large containers or into growing bags when the seedlings are large enough to handle. Depending on your conditions, this can take 2-4 months.
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Step 4
Construct a trellis or other support for your cantaloupe plants to be able to grow up vertically. When fruits grow, wrap a netting around them and secure it to the trellis to hold the weight of the cantaloupe as it grows.
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Step 5
Check the fruit for ripening by smelling it, which usually emits a sweet fragrance when ready, and look over the stem to see when it begins to crack. Harvest the melon when it is ripe.
