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Hale's Best Jumbo Seeds - Cantaloupe Muskmelon - Sweet Flavor

Hale's Best Jumbo Seeds - Cantaloupe Muskmelon - Sweet Flavor

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Grow Sweet, Juicy Cantaloupes with Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe Seeds

Experience the joy of growing your own delicious, sun-ripened cantaloupes with Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe Seeds. This early-maturing heirloom variety produces oval, ribbed melons with a sweet, musky flavor and irresistible aroma. Perfect for home gardens, these hardy seeds thrive in all regions and offer better drought tolerance than other melon varieties.

Why Choose Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe?

Our open-pollinated, non-GMO seeds grow into vigorous vines that yield beautiful tan-skinned melons with vibrant orange flesh. Each packet contains 30 seeds - enough to plant 10 mounds and grow 10 productive plants. These cantaloupes mature in just 80 days, giving you a quicker harvest than many other varieties.

Easy Planting & Care Instructions

Sow your Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe Seeds directly in the garden after the last frost. Create 10" high mounds of well-drained soil, planting 3 seeds per mound. Thin to the strongest seedling once established. For continuous harvest, plant a second crop in late summer.

These fast-growing vines can spread 3-6 feet, but adapt well to trellises in small spaces. Just provide support for developing fruits with stretchy nets when they reach baseball size. For larger melons, limit each vine to 2-3 fruits. Keep plants well-watered and mulch around the base to conserve moisture and suppress weeds.

Harvesting Your Bountiful Crop

Your cantaloupes are ready when the rind turns from green to yellowish-orange and develops a sweet, musky fragrance. The stem should detach easily with gentle pressure. Enjoy them fresh at peak ripeness for maximum flavor and nutrition.

Delicious & Nutritious Summer Treats

Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe offers more than incredible taste - it's packed with health benefits too! This hydrating fruit contains 90% water along with beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. Enjoy the sweet orange flesh in breakfast bowls, fruit salads, or as refreshing snacks. Don't discard the seeds - roast them for a nutritious, fiber-rich treat!

Start your cantaloupe-growing adventure today! With proper care, these productive vines will reward you with abundant harvests of the sweetest, most aromatic melons you've ever tasted.

What's the difference between a cantaloupe and a muskmelon? Cantaloupe is a type of muskmelon. Muskmelon is a broad category that includes other melon varieties. Cantaloupe refers to a specific type of muskmelon with a netted rind and sweet orange flesh. So basically, all cantaloupes are muskmelons, but not all muskmelons are cantaloupes. 

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Paul
Delicious melons!

I grew these last year, they rambled around our vegetable garden. We had several melons from the two plants, they were quite sweet and delicious. Will grow again.

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