Growing melons in pots

Melons and cantaloupes can be grown in pots. Although the number of the fruits must be limited into 1 or 2 most per pots so that the size and the sweetness can be maxed out. Here were the 2 young melon plants that I grew from seeds.

 

I put them near my fence and use it as their climbing trellis. They grew up fast and I could see their male and female flowers blooming everywhere.

 

Soon they bear a fruit. Here's what a very young fruit look like. It was as big as a kiwi.

 

Once the fruit had gotten big, I made a net from plastic rope to help the vine with the fruit weight.

 

Each plant has 1 big fruit now.

 

One of them had the texture of its skin shown off, while the other had just started.

But, my melons got attacked by aphids and root bugs. They died quickly in just a few days like my cherry tomatoes before. It was very disheartening because the fruits have gotten more than 1 kg each. :( But they were still too young to be eaten... I guess I'll stick to crop/plants that's more resistant to bugs because I don't want to use pesticide. Have you ever grown melons? What melon variety is your favorite? The ones I grew here are green-fleshed cantaloupe melons which are commonly sold in our fruit market. :)