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Watermelons
Posted By: DGAMBLER
Watermelons - 07/19/20 12:48 AM
What's the key to growing them to maturity? I can get them to softball size and a little bigger, then they either rot or bust open. What the heck? Also, am I suppose to trim the vines at some point?
Posted By: !shiloh!
Re: Watermelons - 07/19/20 11:18 AM
What kind of watermelons did you plant ? I don't trim mine but I will pull off some of the blossoms or small melons.
Posted By: Turkey_neck
Re: Watermelons - 07/19/20 01:28 PM
The deer are taking care of mine so I’ve given up on them.
Posted By: jb20
Re: Watermelons - 07/19/20 02:32 PM
I think key is getting them in early and the cold not killing them....i planted pretty late and got some baseball size now...i. wondering if they gonna reach maturity...
Posted By: jwalker77
Re: Watermelons - 07/19/20 05:49 PM
Watermelons are often a lesson in disappointment
Posted By: DGAMBLER
Re: Watermelons - 07/19/20 06:33 PM
I planted crimson sweets in April. You would think some of them would be close to ready by now.
Posted By: jwalker77
Re: Watermelons - 07/20/20 02:18 PM
I planted crimson sweets in April. You would think some of them would be close to ready by now.
I planted my first patch april 28. They should be ready today. I just picked one and tried it, it was about a week away from being good and ripe. I also have way more halfhrown watermelons than large watermelons. If your plants germinate quickly, come up growing, and the first set of blooms set a crop, you will have melons early. Heavy rains while they are blooming will knock off watermelons and cause them to be later. I have seen 90day watermelons get ready in 75days in a real hot sunny summer. This has not been a great year for growing watermelons because of the weather this spring. But the weather were having now is exactly what they need.
Posted By: !shiloh!
Re: Watermelons - 07/20/20 08:11 PM
citibank hours of operationI planted in early April. Not a great year for me but I've had worse. Picked one last week that was 28# . Looks like that may ne my biggest of the year. I normally always grow one or 2 over 30 but I haven't gotten a measurable rain in weeks and the weeds are comin on strong.
Posted By: birdcarver
Re: Watermelons - 07/20/20 10:25 PM
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Posted By: DGAMBLER
Re: Watermelons - 07/20/20 11:37 PM
What kind is that shiloh?
Posted By: DGAMBLER
Re: Watermelons - 07/21/20 12:55 AM
I had another one split today. I may give up after this go round. My third year trying and haven't got a good watermelon yet.
Posted By: !shiloh!
Re: Watermelons - 07/21/20 01:44 AM
What kind is that shiloh?
Desert kings
Posted By: inatree
Re: Watermelons - 07/21/20 11:22 AM
Good looking melon
Posted By: Shotts
Re: Watermelons - 07/24/20 03:21 AM
Desert King are the best, they use to grow them in Bull mountain bottom and they were delicious. I have some planted this year waiting to see how they are do.
I have the same problem. Mine dont get bigger than a softball before splitting. Read online they need better drainage. Going ot mix the soil with some sand next year when making the mounds.
Posted By: bambam32
Re: Watermelons - 07/29/20 02:35 PM
I grew crimson sweets in pots this year. It was my first time growing watermelons. I had two split and two made it. I believe I watered them too much which lead to the splitting. I backed off on the water and the last two made it and tasted great. I put two in each pot and I believe it was too much competition. Next year I will pUt one per pot.
Got watermelons planted in two patches. They did pretty well in the one patch but they’re all splitting in the other. Seems like the drainage is about the same but I don’t know.
Posted By: Squadron77
Re: Watermelons - 07/30/20 12:05 PM
It sounds like to much water. I have never planted any of these small round melons but I would think they would be the same as Jubilees or Charleston Grays. Watermelons love fallow ground and they don't need as much water as you think.
Posted By: DGAMBLER
Re: Watermelons - 07/30/20 06:53 PM
I've got 2 left on the vine. Had a bunch to start with, but maybe these 2 will make it to pickin time.
Posted By: Squadron77
Re: Watermelons - 07/30/20 07:17 PM
I've got 2 left on the vine. Had a bunch to start with, but maybe these 2 will make it to pickin time.
What kind did you plant?
Posted By: DGAMBLER
Re: Watermelons - 07/31/20 08:45 PM
Crimson sweet
We planted crimson sweets. They do pretty good. Just got our first melon yesterday and it was awesome
Posted By: mike35549
Re: Watermelons - 08/03/20 06:08 PM
I planted Charleston Grey they done pretty good, most 25-30 lbs. Been eating a lot of watermelon for the last week or so.
Posted By: !shiloh!
Re: Watermelons - 08/05/20 08:17 PM
I planted Charleston Grey they done pretty good, most 25-30 lbs. Been eating a lot of watermelon for the last week or so.
Evidently a Charleston gray seed got mixed up with some of the seed I purchased. It produced 2 decent size mellons but I guess growing amongst the yellow Mellon altered them some how. They where a almost pink and taste like lettuce.
Posted By: Maggie123
Re: Watermelons - 08/06/20 08:33 PM
My watermelons didn't do much this year...we got a couple of Sugar Babies and the others just did not do worth a poot. I had splitting issues too...lots of rain.
Posted By: Squadron77
Re: Watermelons - 08/10/20 12:09 AM
I checked my field this afternoon. I have a row of Jubilee about 100' long and have 40-50 in the 20lb range. The deer are starting to eat the vines.
Posted By: Peanut Man
Re: Watermelons - 08/21/20 03:12 AM
Make sure your pH is right. If it's too low you'll get blossom end rot. Also too much water at the wrong time is bad. My son sold over$1600 off about two acres this year. We picked 111 yesterday. That will end us for the year. Wish I could post pics. We had the truck loaded down.
Posted By: DGAMBLER
Re: Watermelons - 08/22/20 06:46 PM
We split open our little watermelon yesterday. Thing was quite small for a crimson sweet, but dang it was tasty. Probably one of the sweeter ones I've ever had.