I spit a watermelon seeds out my back door and walked outside one day to find an entire watermelon grown back there. It was one of the best I ever had. Dont think I should have too much problem growing one lol
Watermelons basically LOVE my area! I live in Northern Georgia, and the summer days are nice and hot in the day, pretty warm in the night, and LOTS of rainy days! Watermelons are a breeze to grow in our area, just the waiting is hard. In fact, I just got a 16-pounder about a week ago!
This is my first year growing watermelons, i live beside the “power lines” and have taken a section over for my gardening, plenty of sun, Plenty of rain, plenty of hills. I transplanted my melons and on a hillside where they get unobstructed sun all day and they have spread out wonderfully. I didn’t realize I needed as much room. I just they stop growing before they hit my pumpkin patch. I enjoy the information I receive fro this channel and translate it to my regional grow season. Enjoy and Happy Gardening.
I'm in TN , and my Grandfather always told me to bust the Ground in the fall, add sand, and cow manure, and mound it it. Let it mellow over the winter , then plant in May or early June (I believe). He said sand is important, but the cow manure that over winters makes them sweet. Wheat Straw to mulch the melons. If they need water be sure to water in the late afternoon . Seems like it was 5 gal per plant. Just from memory.
The first time I planted melons it was a huge success; in a space of about 20' x 10' I had two hills (actually I don't do hills, but instead dig a bowl shape into the ground)-- one of watermelons and one of cantaloupes. When I was planting the seeds I accidentally spilled them! I decided to just go with it and I ended up with seven watermelon plants growing from the same spot, and 4 or 5 cantaloupe plants also growing from the same spot (separate from the watermelons.) My garden turned into an enormous jungle, but when August came I harvested 13 large Crimson Sweet watermelons (the largest was 35 pounds) and 23 Hales Best cantaloupes! I waited to eat the cantaloupes until they fell of the vine-- INCREDIBLE taste! When I planted these melons I set a soaker hose out and then covered the ground with black plastic which kept the soil warm (very warm here in southeastern Washington) and used standard Miracle Grow fertilizer once during the summer. Today I'll be starting my second melon garden, so we'll see how it goes this year!
I am starting up my first garden in nearly fifteen years. I ordered my seeds from you guys through another RU-vidr reccomendation then I realized you had a channel too.
We did watermelon last year, and they did pretty well. I mulched them heavily in grass clippings, which seemed to do the job well of both supplying plenty of nitrogen and keeping it very moist in the soil. Have you heard the trick for telling ripeness where the tendril at the end of the stem browns? It worked well for us this year, but I didn't know if it was just a myth. :-)
I planted 1 watermelon and 2 pumpkins beside each other with plenty of room to grow and this is my first year growing anything and my melons are growing amazingly and it's been really simple to grow.
I live in the Yucatan and after having some workers eat watermelon in the backyard, a watermelon plant appeared... and it's doing amazing. I don't do anything for it, it's hot and rains every afternoon here. I can't wait to see the melons this thing produces.
Some people just aren’t happy unless they complain , we never paid attention when are parents told us that but makes sense now, some people go on and say it’s cheaper to buy at store so why are they looking at how to grow things , answer just to complain, I go through all the videos I can and take notes on their climate vs mine and everyone’s ideas and try to do what works for my yard , it gets you off to a really good start and saves years yes years because if you mess up you probably lost that growing season
I planted watermelon and zucchini seeds and they're doing so well. I live in Arizona so I guess it's perfect for watermelons here. I water them everyday. Thank you for the tips! :)
Eric Kelley: I live in middle TN and grow watermelons and cantaloupe every year without problem. I get some great results by building up a mound about a foot high and till a "moat" around the hill and then put straw around it so it helps hold moisture.
Save all your fall leaves and tul them into that clay.. clay actually has the highest nutrients levels of almost any natural soil around. Amend it with lots of cow manure and composted leaves every fall and you'll have amazing soil. I've grown watermelons and giant pumpkins in heavy clay soil..(Wisconsin)
I live in TX. Usually we’ll just throw the remains from a watermelon in the yard and it’ll take over the area fairly quickly with no maintenance. This is my first year constructing a full garden and I would like to have a crop of more orderly melon plants haha. Thanks for this tips!
Learned a lot. I've grown a lot of vegetables and some melons but success was hit or miss. Now, with youtube I'm watching a lot of how-to videos and learning so much. My garden is looking much better just starting off this year. Thank you!
I wanted to experiment so I planted watermelon and papaya seems in some pots and I can’t believe how great they’re growing . Makes you feel good as a plant parent
I have been watching your videos on gardening and they are very informative. I especially like the harvesting videos. It's such a joy to harvest and enjoy what I have grown.
Thank you for the helpful information. I am growing 9 Crimson Sweet Watermelon and 4 Athena Cantaloupe plants in our garden this summer in our garden. I have done intensive/ companion gardening this year so wee will see. 5 plants have taken off big time. Even though we are having drought conditions, I have been watering regularly and all of our plants are doing well. Again TY!!
I have me some Alibaba and sweet baby watermelon seeds already sprouted and I'm ready to put them in the ground as soon as possible. It's the 5th of April 2022 here in Southern Illinois and it's been a chilly one so far, nights around 35 and days around 55-60 degrees. I hope it warms up quickly I'm ready to plant these babies! LOL I'm glad I'm starting early because I didn't realize watermelons had such a slow maturing rate. It's ok, we have a good long summer here in Southern Illinois. If anyone else plans on growing in 2022 I pray you have a blessed year.
I'm growing Crimson Sweet watermelons and Cantaloupe. I constructed my soil with Coconut coir, Vermiculite, Azomite and compost with chicken manure with worm castings. Wasn't super cheap but everything I have planted in it loves it
I never had luck with watermelons until last year when I did a hydroponic barrel for them. Great success. No issues. Set it up and forget about it until harvest. I will be doing that again this year just for watermelon.
For those of you wondering if it can be grown in containers or just a smaller soil, yes-ish. Naturally, as mentioned, plants have an incredibly large spread but the root system has an even larger one than the top grown (avg 15 feet radius with 4ft taproot but few feeder roots below 1ft). With that said, you can work with less, the plants won't be as happy but you may get fruit.
I learned how to grow watermelons from an old farmer 50 years ago. It's possible to grow them in a smaller area using his techniques. He also showed me how to tell if they are ripe without guessing. I love seeded watermelons. I don't buy or grow seedless because it's the seed production that brings out the most sugars.
One thing I do remember from horticulture in class in highschool is when planting, like you did at the end of the video, the teacher taught us to pinch the end of the root cluster/dirt off to helps stimulate new growth faster .
Your videos are so helpful! I cannot thank you enough. Your advice on plants is outstanding! I have been growing my own mini garden (consisting of veggies, herbs, and fruit) any questions I have I come to your channel and my garden is doing better than ever 😊
For a shorter season and more cold tolerant watermelon, Golden Midget was developed in Saskatchewan and is an heirloom. To those saying they are easy to grow, it depends on many factors. I tried again for 2018 with only small varieties and still only got a single one off of a Sugar Baby vine. Yes I had a great garden with awesome drainage and fertilizing, watered it well, was in a spot that got lots of sun etc and still not much success.
We planted a few of the MIGARDNER seeds last year as an experiment (in Orlando) and they did awesome! The one plant produced enough melons for us to enjoy and share with some family and friends (5 from 1 plant). Thank you!
I had some accidentally sprout from my garbage disposal. I threw seeds in from a watermelon I ate and didn't immediately turn on the disposal. Then I went on vacation for 10 days. it was a little scary to see something sprouting from my sink when I got home. Then I pulled them out and realized what they were. Unfortunately, I don't have a yard, so sadly, I had to throw them away.
My father use to be watermelon farmer all his life I loved to go to farm and see his watermelons I tried to grow some watermelon in Vancouver Canada but because of cold and rainy weather I could not Thank you for the video I keep to watch your video
Thanks so much for all of the information. This year is my best for watermelons and after viewing your guide I can see where I went wrong in the past. You explain everything in detail and it's definitely not boring. I'm now off to watch the rest of your videos :-) Cheers!
My 4yo wanted to plant watermelon (crimson sweet) this year in zone 9. We are keeping the soil moist and he’s having fun watching it grow. I put a cup ,with holes in the bottom, in the ground that fits the hose in it so the plant never has to get wet. We haven’t had any issues with white mildew yet....so far, so good.
Would love to hear your take on trellising melons. I’ve seen others do it, using melon “hammocks” made from panty hose, fabric, or netting. Probably only good for smaller melon varieties, but a real space saver.
That’s what I’m doing this year....seems to be working so far with the fruit and vine. Have not harvested yet!
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I live in comercial watermelon region in drylands Brazil. Watermelons need a lot of water to come up, but after that they are very resistant to drought! Here we plant them at the end of the rainy season to produce at the beginning of the dry season. Thus: no powdery mildew! A good solution for any fungal problem is diluted milk ( 1-20). The farmers here fertilize very minimally their watermelons: nothing or a tiny amount of manure....Very poor white sands... Watermelons are native to Africa, where they use the last monsoon rains to come up, and cover the dry grasses. So here they are actually planted in dry pastures!
Just love your complete growing guides. I tried growing watermelon one year and now don't even bother. I'd love to grow them, but they take up way too much water and nutrients for CA garden. Vegan fertilizer doesn't seem to really be enough to feed them too. I am grateful that my farmer's market have amazing watermelons! :)
Take 2 liter soda bottle cut bottom off,make a hole in ground close to each plant add composted matter in the bottle then stick it in neck first fill with water secure bottle i ground and the plant roots will only take water they when needed...ok remove all suckers additional roots blooms down to 3 or 4 little melons then cut tip off they will get huge fast! Save space keeping the vines from taking over your garden and with your bottles catching rain leaves no need fir watering and if the mold gets started spray diluted Epsom salts over the foliage
I'm about to plant some seeds from a watermelon that grew by itself in our desert yard. It was a miracle because it grew a sweet, juicy, small watermelon so I'm gonna try planting the seeds where they'll get more TLC. See what happens. Anyway, thanks for the video!
Nights in the 50s and 60s are fine if you mulch heavy around the base of the plant so that the roots stay warm over night. I grow Georgia Rattlers in Colorado. Summer temps here can change radically. The day time temps will drop 30 to 35 degrees at night. My biggest rattler so far has been 26lbs.
If you mulch, be careful and check often for pill bugs (rollie pollies). They love moist mulch and will start to eat your vines too and do a lot of damage to the plant. If that happens, remove all mulch, vine the plant up a trellis and get rid of any dead leaves or debris near it.
So it is too late for melons here in TX?! I failed in the past, by planting in poor soil. Now I have homemade compost and my plants thrive in it. I had some seeds that germinated so I planted them. Perhaps they won't make it to harvest. If not, they will be thrown into the fall compost piles :)
I remember growing watermelon in kindergarten right in front of our daycare and eating it for lunch at the end of the summer. I bought a plant 2 days ago that had a couple of leaves and planted it in my (clay soil) side yard cuz i didn't know where to put it. I checked on it today after it rained last night and it already shot out two new stems! I'd say if you live anywhere in the south, watermelon's gonna be pretty easy for you to grow.
I've never had mildew problems. The only reason that I can think that is is that I cover my whole garden with about two feet of straw. I make sure the plants stay on top of it. The straw stays dry on top but also holds plenty of moisture underneath. Win win
This video is great! I finally know why my watermelon isn't doing well and I'm armed with all the info I need to take another crack at it next year!!! Thanks much Luke!
This is my third year gardening, so I guess I would consider myself an intermediate gardener. I’ve planted two watermelons this year, so we will see how it goes! Thanks for the awesome tips 👍🏼
I just bought a house in June of last year with 3/4 acre of land and I am trying 3 different types of watermelons this year Tender sweet orange, Sugar baby, and Crimson Sweet
Colorado her at zone 5. I’m growing black diamond here and my two plants are massive. Lots of frost, one already is baseball in size. Really excited here. Also growing 3 honeydews. They’re also producing some fruit.
I never knew they were so difficult, my Mom grew them on the side of her house with us spitting seeds but we're in TX so good heat and now I know why she grew them by the house, she utilized the shade there. We have a sandy look soil with a hint of clay.
We have space for Ive got 5 types of melons to try! I love melons in the summer and am hoping to have so many for our family! Thank you for this video.
I love experimenting and I'm just starting the process of getting my garden ready for a large long L shape raised bed. I want to try trellising small watermelons when my bed is done
We grew a few Sugar Baby plants with zero experience last year. They were poorly placed, and probably received less than 6 hours of sunlight a day. We got 4 small, but delicious melons. Planting 6-7 more this year from seed, in a better place.
This was my first garden and my watermelon did FABULOUS, they sure took up alot of space, the more space I gave them the more they took but they were so good!
Our family did the personal size watermelons and cantelopes. We grew them up hog panels about 18 inches apart. They were between baseball and softball size and sweet. Ripe by late August. Update us on how you did with large melons in MI.
Northern Indiana here, planted 8 Georgia rattlesnake watermelon seeds in a 5x12 raised bed back in the beginning of May. I usually take a hose to the garden when I know it’s going to be really hot and then once a week any other time. I can’t speak on the quality of the melons yet but they are about the size of my fist now. The vines have spread about 5ft outside of the bed so far. Same bed has 5 cucumber vines growing and producing cucumbers. I was just doing this as a goof project and the vines are crazy but it’s doing good so far it seems.
I planted watermelon seeds in the ground in well draining soil here in Japan, but so far I have just large sprawling plants.. no fruit yet. Crossing fingers and toes to get some nice melons this year. My first try so wish me luck :)
Great video! I grow Blacktail Mountain watermelon directly from seed in the ground in zone 5. It is better for ripening in cooler weather than most other varieties. Would love to see a growing guide for cauliflower. Thanks!
I looked at that one. Have you grown it successfully already? If my jubilees don't make it (and I could not have started them sooner) then I will try those next.
Just planted 2 watermelon plants in the outdoor garden en 2 in the greenhouse. I hope to get water melons from these Sugar baby plants outdoors, but surely from my indoor plants. Last year i only grew them indoors. Great harvest.! Thanks for your guide! Oh yes we are in the Netherlands. Zone 7.
Great video👍 .. too bad for me, I will have to wait until I have a greenhouse since I'm in Canada. Btw.. Radius is actually the measurement from the center to the perimeter of a circle or shape lol
I have been told by experienced gardeners that watermelons actually like heat and not that much water. I am trying some different varieties this year, one that was developed in Saskatchewan so should be perfectly suited to our summers (normally dry and hot, and this one may not be any different). They are also a much shorter season melon than the average one, at around 90 days. My greenhouse friend found a perfect solution to powdery mildew-just spray with skim milk. She said it worked immediately on her cucumbers that got it.
I got my first 3 babies this week. Growing from a 3 gallon flower pot. Trellis half Vines and letting other vines trell the ground on a straw bed. Easy peasy
Watermelons are easy to grow. I just plant them and water until established. They're in northern WV clay soil and never fed at all. About 100 days from transplant........delicious. They do need a LOT more than 25' ft per plant though!
