And canteloupe. The deer absolutely the baby canteloupes. My husband swears they must be like Sknickers' bars to the deer, but he insists he wants to ry them again this year........
Have you ever tried growing them on a trellis? I'm not sure if the deer kick them open the way that they do watermelons, but I was thinking it might help if they weren't on the ground. I grew some canteloupes on a cattle panel last year and they did fine -- also experimented to see if a Sugar Baby watermelon would grow off the ground too. They both did fine, but I see no way to grow larger melons that way due to weight.