Returning from Rocky Ford, Colorado with Canteloupe grown in that area, I was told the reason they are so sweet is because of the large swings between daylight and dark temperatures. We have that at 6,500 feet in the Rockies in northern New Mexico where I have a greenhouse, and raised beds drip irrigation and a water catchment system.
I have a steep bank, facing south. I planted Zuchinis and squash on that steep slope and they liked it there. The downside: water fed to the plants leaked out of the soil in that steep terrain. I have purchased ten 10 inch PVC pipes , three feet long and intend to inset them into the steep sidehill and add topsoil to them when I have stabilized them vertically. This should become a column of enriched, moist soil that the roots should grow deeply into. A fence above these 10 inch pipes will be used to deliver drip irrigation to these ten pipes.
I am curious as to spacing. Since the pipes are independent of each other, what should the spacing be for the canteloupes' be since they will be growing downhill?
Geneso
I have a steep bank, facing south. I planted Zuchinis and squash on that steep slope and they liked it there. The downside: water fed to the plants leaked out of the soil in that steep terrain. I have purchased ten 10 inch PVC pipes , three feet long and intend to inset them into the steep sidehill and add topsoil to them when I have stabilized them vertically. This should become a column of enriched, moist soil that the roots should grow deeply into. A fence above these 10 inch pipes will be used to deliver drip irrigation to these ten pipes.
I am curious as to spacing. Since the pipes are independent of each other, what should the spacing be for the canteloupes' be since they will be growing downhill?
Geneso