Unlike traditional cantaloupes, these small, peach-sized melons have a low sugar content and a dull, bland flavor. These heirloom melons were historically grown to be pickled or preserved, not eaten raw. Vine peach plants usually grow about 1 foot tall, with vines that extend up to 10 feet long.
Squash block materials: A lumber. squash block is a 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 lumber. block that is oriented with the grain of. the wood running parallel to the vertical. axis of the web of the joist. The squash. block is cut just slightly longer than the I-. joist is deep, usually 1/16 inch longer.
A soil block is a cube of lightly compressed soil and nutrients that will grow one transplant. I start all my seedlings in soil blocks that I make with a 2-inch Soil Blocker that produces four soil blocks at once. Soil blockers are the spring-loaded tools that form and compress the soil mixture into blocks. Once ejected, each block has an indentation at the top of the cube to plant your seed.