Cantaloupe - 6

As you can see, my cantaloupe has really been growing! Several days ago I had noticed little groups of stubby looking things and figured they would just pour out and turn into more leaves and "branches" so to speak.

Well, that probably is what they are going to do but some of them were also flowers! Which is beyond exciting. My cantaloupe plants are actually getting little cantaloupe flowers!

I don't even know what a cantaloupe flower looks like (though I'll probably go and google it once I finish this post) but I do know they are yellow! I can't wait to actually get a cantaloupe out of all of this. :D

 This picture shows the seedling leaves really well. They used to be the largest part of the plant and now they are the smallest!

This is the group of stubby looking things I mentioned above.

Tons and tons of flowers!

Cantaloupe - 4

This post has taken forever to get up. I just got a new computer and it didn't have any of my photoshop actions on it so I had to go figure out how to re-install them. Somehow, mostly via accident, I figured it out and was able to get my photos taken care of. :D

So here we have the fourth set of cantaloupe pictures and this is officially the first time I showed all three in one pot. I'm still unsure if they are to close together but the whole point of this has been to learn and by the end of this, I bet you I have an answer :p 

You can see some holes in a couple of the leaves which was caused by rain. We were down in the city at the time which caused me quite a bit of worry because rather large bits of hail came down there. They were actually large enough that I feared my car was going to have dents. Fortunately it didn't.

Anyways, in these pictures, you can see more leaves coming up and how different they look as well. You can also see the seedling leaves starting to change color and whither away. 

Cantaloupe - 3

And, just 8 days later... here is my cantaloupe!! Look's awesome right? The little leaves from the seedling are starting to shrivel away and large leaves that make up the actual cantaloupe plan are getting so big! I hadn't realized so much time had gone since my last photos of my plants. I need to stay on top of this! Going outside every day and seeing them all grow just leaves me in aww! 

Of all the plants I'm growing, I have to say that I think the cantaloupe excites me most with  my cucumber being a close second. When I was little, cantaloupe was a favorite of mine. I begged my parents to let us grow cantaloupe and my dad tried with me but wasn't all that dedicated. We got very tiny melons that slowly died but this time I am determined to see them grow large and healthy and then... I will get to share beautiful images of my little kiddos eating them!

I can't wait. 

Cantaloup - 2

So, I couldn't resist. Just 2 days later I had to take more photos. But that was because amazing things were happening! You couldn't see this two days ago. I'm just amazed at how fast these are growing. I'm excited to go back out and look tomorrow :p

You know... I know I'm a little biased, but I think I have some very handsome cantaloupe plants growing right now :p 

And just to prove I'm not crazy... check out this side by side comparison. There is only a TWO day difference! (both photos are of the same plant)

Isn't that just incredible?! (hint - it is) lol

Cantaloupe - 1

Alright, so I went and took pictures of my garden and am going to write a post about each one I'm growing. It will be awesome to go back through the tags and see my plants in progress! First up is Cantaloupe. Cantaloupe is the only thing that my dad ever tried to grow with me when I was a child and it was an epic failure. Needless to say, I didn't learn anything and the only thing I do remember from that time is the plant dying and the ground being blamed.

I refuse to let that happen again! haha

So, today, this is what my little cantaloupe plant looks like.

Doesn't it just look so nice? You can even see the little leaves that will make up the plant truly starting to bud in the center. I can't wait to do my second cantaloupe picture. *Place excited squeal here.* 

Right now all I really have is a seedling. In one of my previous posts where I still had the cantaloupe in the bag, it was a seedling. (Bare with me, I'm learning on the terminology so if I'm wrong on something I imagine I'll correct it in a future post.) From what I can find online these little leaves are called cotyledons and my cantaloupe has two of them (some plants only have one). I currently have all three of my little cantaloupe seedlings. I had put 4 on the baggie, but only 3 germinated. I transplanted all three hoping two would survive the transplant but so far, all three seem to be surviving though one does seem to be touch and go. I'll have to keep an eye on it (not that it will do much good but it makes me feel better).

I'm so excited. I have a baby cantaloupe! :D