What's in YOUR seed order?

[cyprinella]

I'm still going through the catalogs to figure out my veg order but I fell down the wildflower seed rabbithole. I ended up with a large bag of native wildflower seed mix from American Meadows with which to do some Concern Citizen Tired of Looking at Non-Native Weeds gardening over some finished road construction sites in my neighborhood. Anyone else have something cool on order?

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[theora]

My son wants to grow watermelons in his little patch, so for the first time I'm ordering them. We probably don't have space - his patch is only about 3'x4' and he also wants to grow a tomato in there. I figure I'll try and direct the vines in a circle on the ground around the base of the tomato. Maybe it'll work? Any watermelon growing tips? I'm in the northeast, so not your prime melon growing territory.

[cyprinella]

I've heard of people trellising melons although you probably have to rig up supports for the fruit. I've only done butternut squashes, not melons though.

[sunrisescholar]

I have a bag of pantyhose that are going to hold my large trellising produce. We'll see how right Pinterest is....

[sam_gardener]

I've grown a varity called blacktail mountain that was developed in northern Idaho and is supposed to do well in cooler climates. Mine did fine in a not very cool summer and was earlier than the other water melon variety I had. I got them from Terratorial Seeds but other companies also have it.

Jonny's Selected Seeds from Maine might be a helpful resource. http://www.johnnyseeds.com/fruits/watermelons/ I haven't used them for years because the climate I'm in is so different but when I did I liked them a lot.