not only does mint get crazy once it is planted but it is very hard (so far impossible for me) to get out of your ground that stuff just keeps comming back year after year in bigger and bigger spots it thinks it owns the world lol

Maybe you could sink pots of Mint in the ground around your melons, to keep the mint from taking over.

If you sink pots of Mint in the ground they will grow roots out the bottom of the pots and still spread. Maybe Marygolds would be better as well as other herbs. I use to plant Basil in my tomatoes to help keep the tomato worms away. Did help, but you may just have to pick the bugs off. I have hear that bugs know when a plant is in distress and they go help finish off that plant. So you may need to feed your plants with a better balance of fertilizer, but that is only one guess.

What if I put down landscaping fabric then plant the mint? Would that work?

abby

nope mint seems to have a go of its own i have even tried to kill my mint with landscaping fabric killed the top great year later remove the fabric guess what in less than 2 weeks no grass but the mint was back

I meant: what if I planted the mint on top of the fabric. That way I could pull up the fabric to get rid of the mint if I neede to. Or would the mint roots go through the fabric and into the garden soil?

Abby

Don't plant mint anywhere unless you want it there for many years to come. All it takes is the tiniest bit of root to take over.

What bigfoot and the rest of you don't understand is this; mint isn't going to take over ~~~It already does rule the world.
Kay.

you are so correct kay we don't own mint, mint owns us if you don't believe that just ask it lol or any one who is having the same problem i am thanks to previous tennants

I always had trouble getting it to grow good for me but always kept it along the fence line away from any gardens.

I have a ton of mint maybe 10 feet away from my garden. I don't grow many melons but I do grow lots of squash and they never have cucumber beetles on them. While I don't know that mint is a pest deterrent the mint flowers attract TONS of pollinators and I would recommend growing mint near melons for that reason alone.

I've always thought mint grows in two ways. First, you must ask yourself a question. Do you want it to grow? If you do, then it probably won't. If you don't want it to grow, then it will spread and nothing you do will kill it.