Board Thread:Bug Reports/@comment-25550759-20170506162246/@comment-25565811-20170515115407

I think, the problem is not, where the stalk itself grows, but that melons are very picky, where they place the actual fruit. I tried it once with a thatch path around it, that didn't work neither.

As pumpkins and melons are vanilla plants, they probably can't deal with the Mod blocks.