Cantaloupe as well as watermelons, squash, and cucumbers will not ripen once they have been pulled from the vine. A lot of the cantaloupes that you see in the supermarket are essentially inedible because of the fact that they are too green and have been plucked from the vine too early.

Those who are planning on growing their own cantaloupes will need to make sure that they pull them off the vine at the right time in order to avoid having completely inedible and worthless cantaloupes. This is a common mistake which many people who grow cantaloupes make so you will definitely want to avoid it at all costs.