I did hale's best jumbo last year and they did great. Only issue is that I didn't cut back the water so the firsts were horribly flavorless. Towards the end though, they were great.

They are the ones growing on the trellis to the right. I panty hosed some of them, but didn't for the later ones and they didn't need the panty hose for support.
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hung sugarqueen melons on trellis last fall gathered over 30 melons on 15 vines at about 6 to 8 lbs each with great flavor pulled off over 100 small melons due to lateness growth (to late to ripen) hung them with 1. cheesecloth NONO clung to everthing hard to work with then tried 2 panty hose same as above 3 fabricated net with sisal time consuming 4 HURRAY found used volley ball net and cut inot pieces 2 wide and 3 long excellent (dont need to support till nearly grown plan on 80 foot of melons this spring on 10ft x 8 ft trellis. using hortonva netting (60. dollars for 330 foot (also using for tomatoes, cucumbers and pole beans