Cantaloupe with powdery mildew? Ok to eat?

ok so i couldn't figure out to put the picture right on here so i made a album in my garden pictures called IS ITS DYING?? if anyone could please look at those pictures and tell me what they think is wrong with it, it would be greatly appreciated!!

 

When did you plant these ? Leaves look like damage from the mildew. But could be that its just finished making cantaloupes. You should average 6 to eight cantaloupes per plant, and perhaps a couple of stunted little ones after that. Then its over.

 

um im not exactly sure the date ( i didnt make a log) but it was in may. o darn! well on that cantaloupe plant i have gotten one that i have ate so far and there are 6 more still growing on it and a couple little ones but i dont know if they will keep growing. i dont want it to be over already!! will it stay alive long enough for the others to ripen fully?!

 

Angie, That is typical for the melon plants to look like. mine are exactly the same except they aren't on a trellis they are in the garden on the ground. Don't fret.

 

Hi Angie, welcome to GS

 

On your vine crops..like the melons..try this: when you see fruits forming nicely and plants still want to "run", pinch off the last two inches of the growing tips on vines and FORCE the energy into the fruits instead of continual new growth..you WILL be SURPRISED at what happens (I do this with early butternut squash every year..better some nice ones then none at all and it WORKS!) For powdery mildew on vines: a mixture of baking soda/water administered both on top, and bottom, of leaves sure helps (this is also a remedy for powdery mildew on monardas/echinaceas/lavenders/rosemaries I've found). IF in DOUBT about cleaning veggies or fruits, give whatever a nice bath in white vinegar and water to wash any kind of sprays, pesticides off. If you don't like what you see after the first time around? Repeat with another bath in a fresh mixture. You mentioned possible blueberries next year. Those like a very ACIDIC soil: commercial growers get truckloads of evergreen chips yearly to mulch the plants with to get GOOD CROPS at fruiting time. PLEASE DO keep this in mind so you won't be disappointed if attempting them: are totally differant then growing other crops with neutral or high PH contents in soils. Wishing you LUCK...