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Grafting Melons Increases Yield, Extends the Harvest Season, and Prevents Sudden Wilt in New England
adapted to early-season culture. However, beginning in the mid-1970s, improved cultural techniques using different plastic mulches and rowcovers provided technologies for extending the growing season and increasing melon yields in northern latitudes
-row spacing between plants was 0.30 m. The soil type was a Topic Dystropepts. The rows were covered using silver-on-black plastic mulch with a thickness of 1.2 to 2.0 mils and a width of 4 ft. Rainfall supplied most of the water to the field and an irrigation