This is the first time I ever had all my vines die. I wonder if some varieties of melon vines die when they reach maturity? The melons I have grown in the past just keep making melons until cold weather kills them. I use to pick my melons and the vines just kept making more melons, 25 to 30 melons per vine. I only got 7 melons from this little round melon. They sure do taste good. These melons were planted 90 days ago. The 2 largest melons are the size of a basket ball.
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https://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/ins ... ne-borers/JayPoc wrote:are melons susceptible to squash vine borers, and the fungal diseases that often affect my cukes and summer squash? I've always assumed they were, and therefore never tried...
I was curious myself and found this site that says melons are less affected by borers but can be. A couple of other sites I found say the same.