I was a caregiver for an elderly woman who had started out farming with her husband probably in the early 50's. She had the most beautiful hands and nails for a woman in her 80's. I commented on how beautiful her hands and nails were. She said, "Thank you. It's probably from all of the cantaloupes I've waxed in all my years of farming." She told me that when they were a young couple and started out farming for profit, they chose cantaloupes as their main crop. After their first couple years of farming, they were losing money. She said the stores would not buy their cantaloupes because the cantaloupes were "too juicy and too sweet". The cantaloupes would not last long in storage, and in the stores because of that. If you ever wonder why you can't find a tasty melon in your grocery stores, that's why. After a few years of taking losses, they bought more land and started growing onions as their main crop. Their family is one of the largest onion farmers, and cold storage, on the West Coast, Callandri Farms. She was an amazing woman. I loved to hear her farming stories of days gone by.
I loved reading this!! Thank you for sharing!! I’m saving seeds from my local farm who is on their 5th generation of farmers in upstate NY. Love hearing stories from the old timers. My FIL grew the very best Swiss Chard and had a massive personal garden. He grew up working in cranberry bogs in Plymouth and was disciplined after attending the Citadel and being a civil engineer. He taught me a lot but even so, my garden will never compare!! Hopefully next season, I will be able to grow some cantelope because I’m saving heirloom ones from the melons I bought home today.
I used this method and saved the seeds for an entire cantaloupe (hundreds) and did a test with 7 of them to see if they'd sprout. 6 of the 7 sprouted! So it's safe to say this method rocks!!
We dry ours on coffee filters. The filters wick away the water and help the seeds dry quickly but the seeds don't stick to the filter paper. It is very easy to pour the dry seeds directly into a storage bottle or bag.
I grew my own cantaloupes this year and I waited until the first one fell off and then collected them. The seeds weren't all falling off, but they were much easier to slide off the melon, compared to store bought.
I just discovered you today as I was looking for a tutorial on saving melon seeds. You produce a perfectly understandable vlog, well spoken and without any confusing or incomplete teachings. I subscribed immediately and look forward to future tutorials from you. One question: Do melon seeds require stratification to become viable?
+Dale Peace Paper does work super great, just it is hard to reseal, but a small problem. I use sometimes paper, sometimes plastic. Depends on the amount f seed really.
***** LOL!! I'd love to be sitting on a sack of seeds right now :P As for paper of plastic, even the store bought seeds come in paper. I've found a simple way to reseal many at a time is with an office binder clip. I'll leave you alone for now. Thanks for your comment!
hi whitch cantaloupe seeds are better the ones that sink or the ones that 🏊♀️ swim thank you for all your videos 📽👍👍👍 HAVE A GREAT DAY TAKE CARE YA'LL
I live in Warren County, North Carolina where Ridgeway cantaloupe has been famous for many many years nationwide. They are so good. One family is still growing them here. Just bought 5 today.
HAND melons from the Hand farm are the best melons! Thank you for this video. I want to save the seeds from the precious one I bought today. The truck and house smells so amazing. Just picked today by a member of the Hand family farm!
Melons are wonderful. I watched a video this morning about the benefits of melon. Water melons juice is claimed to increase electrolytes. That Cantaloupe looks perfect and ripe for eating. Good tip Luke , I enjoyed that very much.
Already did this a similar way and got tons of seeds from the cantaloupes I eat Your way looks way easier I was putting them in a disposable baking pan after sorting them out by hand I’d spin them around the seeds will clump up and the pulp would co around the edges of the seeds I’d pull the seeds out dump the water and then do this a few times until there was no pulp left I’d leave them in the baking pan to dry in the sun I also tried planting the floaters and some actually sprouted
pretty close to how I do it. I done store bought, over half the seeds failed the float test, and it took a couple of years to get a good grow percentage rate, but can't even tell now they came from a store cantaloupe. don't recommend trying it though cause farmer market cantaloupe, more variety, more seeds, and higher grow percentage.
The juices of the seeds are very flavorful and it heightens the fragrance of the melons, especially if you puree the melons and add the juices of the seeds to the puree and add stevia with some water.
I saw on RUclips a while back, this lady said people were eating melons at a certain spot, and the next year melons were all over the place, that was water melon
@@judichristopher4604 In CA you can grow them year round, unless you live in the areas that get very frosty and snowing weather, like Lake Tahoe. It would depend on how cold it gets where you live. I actually lived in a desert area of CA, the Antelope Valley, and some winters were too cold, but I noticed they grew them year round in other areas of CA.
Cantaloupe is my favorite. I bought one just a few days ago because I couldn’t want for mine to harvest. But I don’t want a cantaloupe with salt . Salt just brings out the flavors.
Very Helpful video! I just harvested my first cantaloupe, but it was really small. :( Can you make a video about growing watermelons in raised beds? I tried trellising, but it's not working out so well. It would be really helpful if you made a video on the squash vine borer / prevention, and why my corn is turning red and drying out. Thanks!
+bananabugies The corn is turning red because of a lack of phosphorus and nitrogen. Also, corn naturally dies as the season progresses. Watermelons can be grown in raised beds just like the can in ground, make sure to check out my watermelon growing guide to see how.
thanks for the video. I bought a Canary melon today from our local farmer's market and followed your instructions however all the seeds float- does this mean they are all inviable?
Thankyou. For the video I dioodd learn couple useful tips . We do buy the cantaloupe plants when picking the melons how do you find from the garden if it's ready. ?
Maybe I missed it. But after they drive for 72 hours, then do we store them in airtight containers in a dark space? Are you saying store them in the paper bag for the duration until we're ready to use them
Bought a supermarket honeydew melon. All the seeds floated... so threw them away, are honeydew seeds lighter or should all viable seeds have weight more than water?
If the fruit came from south of the border, it may have been radiated before coming through customs. That's not good for the seeds. Most of the melons I've found in our stores are from Guatemala or south of the border. Even when I lived in California, I was discouraged to see that most of the grocery stores' produce came from foreign countries. I lived in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the largest agriculture counties in the country, and CA produce is primarily exported to other countries. I usually passed on foreign produce because I resent buying produce from foreign countries, and ours is being sent elsewhere. I worked in a cherry packing plant in CA, and while there, I found out the best cherries were going to Japan, and other countries.
I've read on the internet the way to save melon seeds is to soak them for four days so they firm it and then the ones that float at the top you throw those out and then you let them dry and then you put them in the freezer for two days and then in the refrigerator until you're ready to plant is that not right?
If completely dried then store in a baggie in a cool, dark place with no moisture whatsoever. They should in theory last many years. Some people store them in their fridge. I keep mine in a Mylar seed vault I had bought from Amazon with 15k Heirloom seeds. (Most of that large # are leafy vegetable seeds)
I guess there is one detail you missed out and that is for how many days should they be dried so that they are ideal to be used in any recipe or for planting?
Great video! I saved some seeds from a snow leopard melon but can't find any videos on how to grow them or when to grow them. I got the melon here in California. Do you have any ideas?
One year when we were kids, living in CA, we carved a pumpkin. My little brother threw all of the seeds over the fence of our back yard (which was an empty dirt field), instead of taking them to the trash can. After a plumbing repair, the plumber forgot to put the main drain plug for the kitchen back on. All of our dish water was going into the back yard for months. As kids, we never played in the back yard. The next Spring when we went into the back yard, we had an enormous pumpkin patch, which we delightfully tended to. In the Fall, we sold the pumpkins to neighbors. So, I would think you could sow the seeds just about any time.
@@mayshomesteadchronicles I dried mine for a little over a week and I'm going to try to grow them. I'll try to find this and give an update if they grow. 😁
Congratulations Luke and Cindy👰🏻🎩 for your new beginning now I'm waiting on to see your hydroponics in the basement I would like to see what your herbal plants are doing are doing now...
+Denise Hawkins Well thank you Denise! The hydroponics are down currently since it is summer. We will be starting those up again in the winter. Thanks for watching!
I was a caregiver for an elderly woman who had started out farming with her husband probably in the early 50's. She had the most beautiful hands and nails for a woman in her 80's. I commented on how beautiful her hands and nails were. She said, "Thank you. It's probably from all of the cantaloupes I've waxed in all my years of farming."
She told me that when they were a young couple and started out farming for profit, they chose cantaloupes as their main crop. After their first couple years of farming, they were losing money. She said the stores would not buy their cantaloupes because the cantaloupes were "too juicy and too sweet". The cantaloupes would not last long in storage, and in the stores because of that. If you ever wonder why you can't find a tasty melon in your grocery stores, that's why.
After a few years of taking losses, they bought more land and started growing onions as their main crop. Their family is one of the largest onion farmers, and cold storage, on the West Coast, Callandri Farms. She was an amazing woman. I loved to hear her farming stories of days gone by.
I loved reading this!! Thank you for sharing!! I’m saving seeds from my local farm who is on their 5th generation of farmers in upstate NY. Love hearing stories from the old timers. My FIL grew the very best Swiss Chard and had a massive personal garden. He grew up working in cranberry bogs in Plymouth and was disciplined after attending the Citadel and being a civil engineer. He taught me a lot but even so, my garden will never compare!! Hopefully next season, I will be able to grow some cantelope because I’m saving heirloom ones from the melons I bought home today.
I used this method and saved the seeds for an entire cantaloupe (hundreds) and did a test with 7 of them to see if they'd sprout. 6 of the 7 sprouted! So it's safe to say this method rocks!!
We dry ours on coffee filters. The filters wick away the water and help the seeds dry quickly but the seeds don't stick to the filter paper. It is very easy to pour the dry seeds directly into a storage bottle or bag.
After filtering you can use paper for drying seeds
They store dry in medicine bottles for a year. Youn also freeze them and they will keep for several years.
Thank you so much for this great idea
Same here
I grew my own cantaloupes this year and I waited until the first one fell off and then collected them. The seeds weren't all falling off, but they were much easier to slide off the melon, compared to store bought.
I just discovered you today as I was looking for a tutorial on saving melon seeds. You produce a perfectly understandable vlog, well spoken and without any confusing or incomplete teachings. I subscribed immediately and look forward to future tutorials from you. One question: Do melon seeds require stratification to become viable?
We usually use paper envelopes to store our seeds after drying instead of a paper bag. Works Great!
+Dale Peace Paper does work super great, just it is hard to reseal, but a small problem. I use sometimes paper, sometimes plastic. Depends on the amount f seed really.
*****
LOL!! I'd love to be sitting on a sack of seeds right now :P
As for paper of plastic, even the store bought seeds come in paper. I've found a simple way to reseal many at a time is with an office binder clip. I'll leave you alone for now. Thanks for your comment!
Not only can save money but also can keep the good quality seeds.
That is the best looking canteloupe that I have ever seen.
Thank you I’m saving my seeds right now.😊
I could become a seed hoarder.
+628DirtRooster I totally am.
hi whitch cantaloupe seeds are better
the ones that sink or
the ones that 🏊♀️ swim
thank you for all your videos 📽👍👍👍
HAVE A GREAT DAY TAKE CARE YA'LL
Thx for the upload... & wow! When you went for that taste test; the spoon went through the melon like a hot knife through cream.
What a "jerk." Eating that sweet melon meanwhile my plants are only a few inches tall. lol. Super helpful video! Thanks!
I live in Warren County, North Carolina where Ridgeway cantaloupe has been famous for many many years nationwide. They are so good. One family is still growing them here. Just bought 5 today.
After your seeds are dried, how do you store them for the next year?
That's what I want to know! Do you use an oxygen absorber in the seeds container or?
HAND melons from the Hand farm are the best melons! Thank you for this video. I want to save the seeds from the precious one I bought today. The truck and house smells so amazing. Just picked today by a member of the Hand family farm!
happy to send you some seeds in exchange for you taking the time to make this video!
Melons are wonderful. I watched a video this morning about the benefits of melon. Water melons juice is claimed to increase electrolytes. That Cantaloupe looks perfect and ripe for eating. Good tip Luke , I enjoyed that very much.
+Patrick Meehan It absolutely does. Watermelons are amazing at boosting electrolytes.
Just saw this video. Did you wash that melon off? It's always a good idea to do before you cut into it.
Yay. I can harvest melon seeds now.
NO... no need to wash the melon off...
Already did this a similar way and got tons of seeds from the cantaloupes I eat
Your way looks way easier
I was putting them in a disposable baking pan after sorting them out by hand
I’d spin them around the seeds will clump up and the pulp would co around the edges of the seeds I’d pull the seeds out dump the water and then do this a few times until there was no pulp left I’d leave them in the baking pan to dry in the sun
I also tried planting the floaters and some actually sprouted
pretty close to how I do it. I done store bought, over half the seeds failed the float test, and it took a couple of years to get a good grow percentage rate, but can't even tell now they came from a store cantaloupe. don't recommend trying it though cause farmer market cantaloupe, more variety, more seeds, and higher grow percentage.
+Richard Yates yep, we have all done it too Richard.... live and learn!
Can you post the one on cucumber seeds again that would be great love your videos! And thanks for the tips
Thank you for the video! Starting to save seeds for next year, and wasn't quite sure how (every other time I've tried they always grew mold).
The juices of the seeds are very flavorful and it heightens the fragrance of the melons, especially if you puree the melons and add the juices of the seeds to the puree and add stevia with some water.
I just take them out the Fruit and put them in the Soil that's it and they Grow extremely quick and Fast I feel like this is the easiest Fruit to Grow
What time of the year do you plant them?
Do they need Full sun, or partial sun?
I live in the Desert of New Mexico USA...
The point of the video is “saving seeds” but in spring I’ll keep your tip in mind.
I saw on RUclips a while back, this lady said people were eating melons at a certain spot, and the next year melons were all over the place, that was water melon
I bought a Korean hami melon from t&t, and washed the seeds, but 95% if them are floating. Does that mean these seeds won't grow then?
@@judichristopher4604 In CA you can grow them year round, unless you live in the areas that get very frosty and snowing weather, like Lake Tahoe. It would depend on how cold it gets where you live.
I actually lived in a desert area of CA, the Antelope Valley, and some winters were too cold, but I noticed they grew them year round in other areas of CA.
Cantaloupe is my favorite. I bought one just a few days ago because I couldn’t want for mine to harvest. But I don’t want a cantaloupe with salt . Salt just brings out the flavors.
Very Helpful video! I just harvested my first cantaloupe, but it was really small. :( Can you make a video about growing watermelons in raised beds? I tried trellising, but it's not working out so well. It would be really helpful if you made a video on the squash vine borer / prevention, and why my corn is turning red and drying out. Thanks!
+bananabugies The corn is turning red because of a lack of phosphorus and nitrogen. Also, corn naturally dies as the season progresses. Watermelons can be grown in raised beds just like the can in ground, make sure to check out my watermelon growing guide to see how.
12:30 for 4 minutes of useful information
Hey, if you send a couple seeds to seedsavers exchange, they will analyze them and tell you if it's a new strand of what the heritage name is.
how soon can I plant the seeds after they've dried?
thanks for the video. I bought a Canary melon today from our local farmer's market and followed your instructions however all the seeds float- does this mean they are all inviable?
I don't think so
Um i found this video coz i had some melon seeds... but umm omg you are a cutie! 😍😍😍
Thankyou. For the video I dioodd learn couple useful tips . We do buy the cantaloupe plants when picking the melons how do you find from the garden if it's ready. ?
I use a slice of bread as my drying rack instead of paper. Works great!
thank you for that, now how soon can the seeds be used for planting?
My question too
I'm trying to plant some after two weeks of drying. We will see what happens.😁
Yeah, a bunch of people have asked this question but it doesn’t seem to get answered haha
@@mayshomesteadchronicles they are sprouting!
excellent video on seed saving...thanks!!
Gardener i like your attitude.great man tasty!!
congratulation for you new place!!!!!
about melons I did it just few days ago, as well with watermelon and pumpkin as well.
+Becky Ezra All can be saved the same way, nice job!!
Saving Malabar Spinach is an interesting one, also saving and germinating fruit free seeds would be great showing stratification..
Well that sucks. All mine floated. That's the sweetest melon I've ever tasted.
The seeds alone are packed with vitamins and very much edible as well.
Very true taste first then save ❕
Maybe I missed it. But after they drive for 72 hours, then do we store them in airtight containers in a dark space? Are you saying store them in the paper bag for the duration until we're ready to use them
How long will the seeds last for before having to plant them? 1year or more?
How long can you keep those dry seeds before they go bad?
🙏 even more relevant in 2020!
Also how long does the saving of the seeds last ... for 6 months a year ? Until I plant them ?
So much good info, thanks!
What happens if you let your melons cross pollinate? Will I still get melons or just plant?
Thank you
This will save me money! What about pepper seeds?
🤣 ALL MY SEEDS FLOATED!
so what is next? I have the seeds and they are drying nicely. Do I save them in a jar and how long do seeds stay good?
Would this same way apply to the Cucomelon? I'm trying to grow a few for practice for next year, but wanted to save the seeds.
I'm a seed hoarder too😀
+Gale Woods I am too! It is so contagious.
Bought a supermarket honeydew melon. All the seeds floated... so threw them away, are honeydew seeds lighter or should all viable seeds have weight more than water?
If the fruit came from south of the border, it may have been radiated before coming through customs. That's not good for the seeds.
Most of the melons I've found in our stores are from Guatemala or south of the border. Even when I lived in California, I was discouraged to see that most of the grocery stores' produce came from foreign countries. I lived in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the largest agriculture counties in the country, and CA produce is primarily exported to other countries. I usually passed on foreign produce because I resent buying produce from foreign countries, and ours is being sent elsewhere. I worked in a cherry packing plant in CA, and while there, I found out the best cherries were going to Japan, and other countries.
how do you do water melon
it looks like a dulcinea tuscan-style cantaloupe. they have those deep lines like that.
I've read on the internet the way to save melon seeds is to soak them for four days so they firm it and then the ones that float at the top you throw those out and then you let them dry and then you put them in the freezer for two days and then in the refrigerator until you're ready to plant is that not right?
In Indiana we used to call that variety of melon as musk melon
I want to save seeds from my Trombonchino squash. Should I do it the same way as cantaloupe or should I ferment them --like Tomatoes?
+Julia DiGaetani Do it the same method as this.
Very good Luke. Please post that on Vegetable Gardening - MIgardener Discussion Group FB page.
+dakotabob10 I believe I did!
***** I see it now Luke!
Omg!!! So incredibly helpful. Information. Txs!
+andie lytle Thanks Andie! So glad you liked it.
nice video , this is helpful for me
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it! :D Hopefully you will enjoy the tons of content we have coming out!
How about a dehydrator on like 95 degrees: Gonna try this this year.left a like
boy to man over the years, congratulations bro, God bless
+Jonathan Gardner Thank you!
Thanks for this video
thanks mate I gonne try with my non hair bloom seeds after it will be dry I planing to put them in jar is that ok ? and put them dark place
Great video
I've dried some cantaloupe seeds. How long can I store them for? Will they be ok for next year?
If completely dried then store in a baggie in a cool, dark place with no moisture whatsoever. They should in theory last many years. Some people store them in their fridge. I keep mine in a Mylar seed vault I had bought from Amazon with 15k Heirloom seeds. (Most of that large # are leafy vegetable seeds)
Are pumpkins and watermelon seeds saved in the same way? I tried last year, but mold had killed them off.
Do you need to put a oxygen absorber in your seeds container?
sir may i know until when we can store the seeds before planting?😊
YES... after they completely dry.
Can you plant these right away when they are dry??
I guess there is one detail you missed out and that is for how many days should they be dried so that they are ideal to be used in any recipe or for planting?
Rajesh Rao 72 hours ☺
Thank you for the info. Can I plant after the 72 hours? 😁
I feel like this questions has been asked by several people yet never answered haha I have the same question
You can always germinate a couple and see what happens
Very nice, thank you.
+Dave Pruitt Glad you liked it!
Thank u
I just bought a Cantaloupe in the store can I use their seeds
Great video! I saved some seeds from a snow leopard melon but can't find any videos on how to grow them or when to grow them. I got the melon here in California. Do you have any ideas?
You are in California you can grow them anytime of the year.The is perfect for growing melons.lol Im jealous.
I didn't know what kind of melon was growing in my garden and it rotted.... can I still save the seeds?
How long can you save the seeds?
WATERMELON SEEDS PLEASE THANKYOU THIS WAS BEYOND INFORMATIVE THANKS FOR SHARING 👍👍👍✌
I like to put my seeds in the bottom on an aluminum pan because they do not stick to the pan and the pan can be reused for other seeds.
Can I sow the seeds right away?
Other than the fact that this video was way too long...
6 minutes would have been great...
The Video was Great... Great Information.
Great tutorial, and congrats on the new place! :-)
+PinkChucky15 Thank you and thank you! :D I LOVE the new place.
MIgardener is a great way
Is it the same for saving watermelon seeds?
All of my seeds where floating on the top? Does this means all of them where not good?
The fact that he calls them "inviable seeds" means you can disregard anything he says
How do I know if the cantaloupe I get at the farmer's market is heirloom or not?
great video!
+Matt Compton Glad you liked it!
Can I put them into my dehydrator?
Can you freeze the seeds?
How to store mango seeds and avocado seeds
WinCo foods has the best fruits and vegetables in the store.
That is a musk melon. Cantaloupe have a smoother skin on the outside.
How long do you keep the fresh wet seeds before you plant em 🤔
One year when we were kids, living in CA, we carved a pumpkin. My little brother threw all of the seeds over the fence of our back yard (which was an empty dirt field), instead of taking them to the trash can.
After a plumbing repair, the plumber forgot to put the main drain plug for the kitchen back on. All of our dish water was going into the back yard for months.
As kids, we never played in the back yard. The next Spring when we went into the back yard, we had an enormous pumpkin patch, which we delightfully tended to. In the Fall, we sold the pumpkins to neighbors.
So, I would think you could sow the seeds just about any time.
Is saving Watermelon seeds the exact same?
No fermentation?
How soon can you plant the seeds after drying? Do I have to wait several months or a few weeks?
I would love to have this question answered as well!
@@mayshomesteadchronicles I dried mine for a little over a week and I'm going to try to grow them. I'll try to find this and give an update if they grow. 😁
@@mayshomesteadchronicles they are sprouting!
Congratulations Luke and Cindy👰🏻🎩 for your new beginning now I'm waiting on to see your hydroponics in the basement I would like to see what your herbal plants are doing are doing now...
+Denise Hawkins Well thank you Denise! The hydroponics are down currently since it is summer. We will be starting those up again in the winter. Thanks for watching!