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Melon growing and harvest, on the ground or up a string
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2020
- Two ways to grow these, on the ground or up a string. They are warmth loving and grow best under cover in our temperate oceanic climate. UK is officially zone 8 but we have cool summers, average afternoons 21C 70F.
I show you Early Moonbeam watermelon and Minnesota Midget melon, both from home saved seed. Growing in same bed as watermelon last year. Seed was saved from plants with no other cucurbits nearby.
In the polytunnel we see Tiger Melon, Early Granite and Kasakh, from Real Seeds, plants from Stephanie Hafferty.
I show indications for judging ripeness.
Tasting notes - sweetest was the watermelon! Lovely flavour too, closely followed by Kasakh, is fruity while the Tiger melon has great melon flavour and dense texture but is less sweet, maybe not fully ripe or needs more heat than here.
All grown no dig with no feeds. Compost mulch feeds soil life which feeds roots.
Filmed Homeacres 19th August by Nicola Smith. On iPhone.
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I cant believe you didn't have a bite of each of those melons ... yum
Sounds bad on the mic!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I don't know about that....I think we would all run to the market after hearing you munch away on them. : )
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Haha!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig it's worse to not eat them its painful lol
So were these sweet? Will these grow in the West Midlands? Really want to have a go next year - or do you sow seeds now?
Mister Charles watch out for that pocketknife on his leg lol, I really appreciate your joy with your plants, this melon are mouthwatering 😊😊🤗❤❤❤❤
What a beautiful glass House 🏠! So relaxing even just to see ❤️
I love the vibe of this channel! I do wish there were more tips and tricks on growing melons over just showing us what you’re growing.
Ah that’s great to see other melons capable for temperate climes, though hot here in Comptche, the summer is short due to mountains. I’ve got Crane melons, developed within 100 miles of here in Santa Rosa, and like you, Minnesota Midget, they grow outside in an intensive bed like I learned from you! I’m starting to see a reduction in bindweed due to repeated cardboard applied, and everything planted this way has managed well with low watering even during heat waves. Thank you Charles Dowding, I’ve learned so much and succeeded with lots of produce.
This is a bittersweet vlog for me Charles, I live in a similar climate (PNW of the USA) and don't have a greenhouse or polytunnel, so melons are difficult but I still try to grow them occasionally, anyway, I had a "hill" of 2 vines growing beautifully and setting fruit, then I noticed something wrong a couple of days ago, it turns out that a field mouse had managed to decapitate every arm of the 2 vines that I was growing. Oh well, maybe next year! A Gardener is an optimist by nature.
This video is perfect timing! Just sowed my seeds for summer here in NZ. And don’t have much growing space, living in Auckland.
Thank you!
Just today looking for tips on how to tell if the melons are ripe. Thinking, "gee I wish Mr. Dowding had something on it" and poof! There it is! Lol Thanks for that. 😉🍻 Growing watermelon, cantaloupe and butternut for the first time. Exciting results so far. 😬
One year I grew butternut with just four seeds in the middle of the garden. Got almost 50 that year, some of them huge. That's what happens when you learn from Charles!
Wait till the tendril closest to the stream is totally dried. Not just starting to dry. Once you see it’s drying out check it daily and once totally dried it will be perfectly ripe.
Such fantastic varieties of melons you have growing Charles!!...This year for the first time I have been harvesting so many melons...growing them in the garden is so much more rewarding. You scared me a bit when you were cutting them open...but then I thought...you are a veteran gardener...it will be okay😄...thank you for sharing!
Thanks Sue!
Thanks Charles. I loved seeing the many varieties. I tried both watermelons and cantaloupe this year with good results. Soooooo refreshing. Our summer has been extremely hot so that may have helped our melons grow outdoors. A friend gave me plants for a white watermelon, "White Sugar", and a small green with red flesh. Both were so sweet and juicy. How fun to share plants with someone else to add variety to our gardens. Next year we will need to share more plants around.
So true Denise and thanks
Charles as you cut into that beautiful watermelon I feel there should be a small group of well-behaved invitees toasting the occasion with champagne. (Or Perseco). Learned much in 6 minutes 23 seconds.
Thanks so much Pauline
Those look lovely! Not going to lie...I got so nervous with you cutting toward your thigh!
Same ...
Me too!
Me too 😳
Yes! I was wincing😬
So tempting to try some melons up here in Northern Ireland.
My word... what a beautiful garden you have!
😎 thanks
Melons are our reward for waking it through the heat of summer. Glad you are finding a way to make it work in your climate.
Nice turn of phrase: it's not an issue here!
2 years ago I had good success with the 'Alvaro' variety of Cantelope melon. Grown in London, UK.
This year I have sown them again and plan to grow them in 30L containers and in my raised bed. I shall grow them vertically using tomato cages because I have a tiny garden. In my containers I will only allow 2-3 fruits per pot before pinching off the main stem. I'm pretty much a beginner so don't know how well this will work.
Thanks for your video.
That sounds promising! And I quite agree with you, Alvaro is an excellent variety. It's an F1 hybrid, which I hesitate to mention too many of!
Melons and watermelons are my summertime favorites. The five of us have been enjoying a massive melon (Crenshaw) for days now. We live in California, where melons go bonkers in the heat. We’ve also been enjoying our Ali Baba watermelons. So delicious!
Here’s a song I learned as a kid
You can plant a watermelon right above my grave
And let the juice
Run through
You can plant a watermelon right above my grave
That’s all I ask of you
Well, chicken and dumplins taste mighty fine
But there’s nothing in the world like a watermelon vine
You can plant a watermelon right about my grave
And let the juice
Run through
😆
That sounds wonderful and thanks for sharing the lovely song!
Looking forward to growing melons this year in Australia. The last one you picked looked like a huge kiwi fruit 🥝. Fantastic haul you have there
You cutting right towards your femoral artery is freaking me out not going to lie! 😆
Right? That scared the heck out of me, too!! Also, sniffing the melon with the knife in the same hand tip pointing towards the face always adds a bit of drama ;-)
Me too.. i was surprised he didn't know better..
Never cut towards your body
I was a little worried watching that but then I am very gormless, reminded me of the time I used an angle grinder between my legs to cut up some concrete, I quickly changed my mind before I had an unplanned gender change!
I was cringing when he started cutting towards his leg.
James Reichhelt Just goes to show - even the most sensible people can do crazy, irresponsible things with sharp knives. Like so many other people, I had to look away. Eek !
it made my day , very happy to see melon n watermelon growing in uk
Woke up this morning thinking “I miss Charles” and here you are! Nice topic, we haven’t had wind like you have but record-breaking heat. 98F is a bit too much for Seattle, the plants just aren’t used to that intensity. I will take heat over high winds though. Here’s to some calm time.
What did i say, you are the Master. I built my garden and i have 4 sites under constructions. Hunkering down to a winter of cutting through nails and taking apart pallets. I even have my neighbors involved. I met one today, he had 20 pallets outside and i aked if i acould have them. He gave them to me for free and he wa the nicest bloke ever. I showed him aroud the garden and he was so intrested, wanted to know every plant. Then he asked, please will you build one for me ?. It will be my pleasure. Great to see you well Charles, one of the most famous gardens on YT. Oh yeah spoke to Tanya yesterday, about those pesky sluggies, wish i could just stomp them but no my heart wont allow it.
Ah cool this is nice to hear, the way your enthusiasm shines through :) Many thanks.
You have a lovely garden....i love Watermelon so much....😋
Thank you for sharing your great work....
Have a wonderful Wednesday...
Thank you Zaleha
I’m also growing tiger melons, otome watermelon, honey melon and kajari melon. My trellises are loaded. I’m so excited. Looks good, your greenhouse is so beautiful 💚
Sounds great Nikki, guess your summer is hotter than here! and thanks for your comment
Классные арбузы и дыни! Мы в Москве тоже выращиваем эти культуры в теплицах с вертикальной подвязкой, формируем растения, арбузы подвешиваем в сетках. Получаются крупные, вкусные и сладкие. В основном - гибриды из Нидерландов и Израиля, а дыни - гибриды Франции. Спасибо за видео и красивый сад!
Pozdrawiam 😊
Приятно это слышать, из Москвы, спасибо
Ohhh, melons...a dream here, at Patagonia, I would say.
But so wonderful to see those!!
I really love all the flowers in there!❤️
Thank you Charles and team, another inspiring video!😘
Looking forward to growing some next yr, thank you for the fantastic videos Charles😊 watching from a very windy West Cork! Delighted the Polytunnel survived its first storm last night😉
Gah, wind!! You have it :)
My first year growing watermelon here in Dublin and they're doing pretty well
@@ceili you've got me thinking now, didn't think it possible in Belfast but maybe worth giving a go next year
@@stephencoulter9160 I didn't think so either but had some seeds so gave it a go. Won't be long before I harvest
I genuinely had no idea that we could grow melons in the UK! Thank you for the video.
I learn a lot from your book . Thank you .
Another great video I am just building the frame for my allotment greenhouse it will be 10ft by 13ft and 7.5 ft tall using twinwall polycarbonate I hope to grow some melons next year. You have inspired me to go no dig as well once the rest of this season's crops are finished. I have enjoyed reading your No dig organic home and garden book. Thanks for the good work.
Sounds great and I wish you success, thanks for feedback on the book 😀
Loves your Green house👍. Thats exactly the way to grow your own food.
Great video. 👌
Yes and thanks :)
What a beautiful set up you have yourself!!! Beautiful grounds! Lovely melons too! Such unique variety!
Melons.......What a result! FANTASTIC!
Once again, IMPECCABLE TIMING with your video!!!! I found a melon specifically for my coastal area and am so excited! Next season I'm doing poly tunnel over an old chicken coop yard, and the melon will be grown in there just to be sure. Like the others I was a bit afraid for your leg but I figured you've been doing that a while (fingers were crossed, though)... Thank you again, Mr. Dowding!
Thanks Carol and I hope your tunnel works well
Please take a bite from each next time! People love to see people eat. Something primal and satisfying about it. That's why eating shows are so popular and why food vloggers always take a bite on camera. Seeing you not taking a bite leaves a very incomplete feeling... Anyway, thank you so much for the info!
Noted! However the last time I ate when mic'd up the reaction was 'too much noise'! So I avoid it now.
I absolutely adore this greenhouse
Thanks so much!
I just realized that we use the same pocket knife. Opinel grafting knife. Excellent choice!
The melons look delicious, I definitely want to try some next summer! I can’t lie I too was nervous watching you cut toward your leg😯 Thank you for sharing🌻
lovely video
Thankyou Charles for all your gardening wisdom I have learned lots from you!. I planted a small melon variety late because I needed flowers, and had a few transplants that were in need of planting out. Well the plants are trellised, and I looked today and I have a couple of baby melons, if all goes well, we'll have a taste of these melons soon. Blessings.
Nice video garden melon
I'm excited by my watermelon this year. It was doing nothing and I thought it was a goner and then it exploded with growth when I wasn't looking! Each year is better with your help Charles!!
Please eat them on camera next time! We want to see how tasty they are 😃
Ah not a nice sound through the mic! Perhaps I will ask my camera lady to try them next time.
You have got green thumbs ❤️ really enjoy watching your garden. What a beautiful setting. Here in Washington state, USA it also rains a lot.
I love you so.much my friend ! Thanks for open your soul each time
You are so welcome Lucas :)
I can't understand how anyone would give you a thumbs down ? Another fantastic video Charles.
Thanks Robin
As for me, your garden is one of the most beautiful garden on youtube since I've ever watch. ^________^"
Thanks Kuchaya
Those look so fresh.
How informative...even in your short videos. You make quick asides that give me lots of handy tips that I'd never pick up on my own. I have triffids taking over my plot right now...no fruit yet.
Perfect timing! Melons came up from my "cold compost" (leaves with kitchen scraps and shredded paper, never heats up so doesn't kill seeds - I'm guessing) and now I have melons! Was that ever easy! No problem with enough heat here in California - my tomatoes and courgettes are really suffering from heat, but the melons are beautiful. Thanks so much. Pretty much guessing about ripeness. There's a lot of guessing in gardening! :)
Lovely result!!
Siempre me sorprende, su huerto es hermoso y me hace feliz ver los resultados de sus cosechas.
Un abrazo desde Arequipa Perú
Muchas gracias Cecilia. ¡La belleza en el huerto es importante!
Greetings from Slovenia 😊 Thank you for all the knowledge you are sharing with us. Realized I was doing a lot of things wrong, specially in regards to harvesting the crop. Kind regards
Happy to help Irena
When you manage to grow melons in england, it might even be possible for me to do it in northern germany (200 rainy days a year)!
Thought the same, but in the middle of Germany. I think the most important thing is the size of the melon. But german RUclipsrs also grow watermelons... So, I think we just go for it.
Yes you can - your summers are perhaps warmer than here - winters are colder, but for melons it's about those few summer months :)
I'm in NRW and i grew watermelons(Sugar Baby) last year, this year I grew Stellio, a very small sweet melon. Grew them outside in a South facing bed, grown up a trellis. It's doable ! :)
It's definitely possible if you can provide some shelter (polytunnel or the like). I'm doing long season cantaloupes (110 days) and watermelons (orangeglo, sweet Siberian, sugar lump, crimson sweet, astrakhanski) and I'm expecting the first ripe fruits within the next two weeks. Location is close to Hamburg. And that's although we had a lot of problems with bad soil (mere sand, German Heide) and fertilization. Also, I didn't graft because of time issues and some plants did suffer from Fusarium wilt. It's advisable to graft melons if you're growing heirloom varieties.
hab 2 hängen....in Meck pomm😎
Great melons! Our yellow melons were eaten by something! Thanks for sharing! Hugs from Atlanta.
waooo you have a beautiful garden and green house well done
I have a diabetic friend. She shared a post on Facebook a few years ago about that circular white fantastic little thing on mister Dowding’s upper arm! So I’m not surprised there was no taste testing! But by that fantastic little thing, he will know exactly when it’s a good (and safe) time to do so 😄 Yey!
Thanks and actually I could have as my blood sugar was about 6, but did not want to make noise on the mic!
Charles Dowding
Great! 👍
But I don’t think anyone would mind 😉
I think your channel is amazing! Greetings from Dalecarlia, Sweden!
@@donuseeisee6465 Many thanks :)
Brilliant as usual Charles. It is windy today the wind woke me up at 4 am well actually it was the dog it did not like the wind lol she do not like noise
So never thought about growing melons vertically!! 🤷♀️🍈🍉 will give it a try next season!
Your poly-tunnel greenhouse population is tranquil and productive.
It's a lovely place to be :)
Beautiful...👍😊🕊
Wow those melons look amazing everything in your garden looks wondeful
Thanks for visiting, no dig, glad you like it
Home grown melons are so much better than store bought.I didn't get any planted last year but made up for it this year . I just picked our first one the other evening and It was very sweet & juicy even though it was quite dry here in Nebraska most of the spring.
Sounds great Dennis. Dry and sunny is good for flavour and we are short of sun now.
Good idea for the next year 😊
Beautiful late season garden.
thanks for sharing your videos
The poly is looking fantastic!
I'd be so interested in seeing a Charles Dowding bloopers reel
I grew tiger melons this year for the 1st time from migardener and they are so beautiful but lacking in flavor sadly, haha. I add honey and milk to sweeten them but my young one eats them raw for breakfast and snacks. Your garden does look very lush. God bless!
have a great result with super size plants and huge potatoes. I use a 4ft by 8 ft mesh sided compost area. Each year I move to a new spot. I did build an 8ft trellis for beans, but as I had lots i just put the potatoes in. The plants got strung to it as reached 7ft tall. Once dug up I had 1 potatoe at 1.2kg and many at 0.5kg. This proved effective now for the 3rd year. I thing the ground gets so full of of energy the plants go nuts.
That is excellent
Looks like tasty fruit!
It’s all about the season extension. I think for the home gardener those small single serving melons are great
Another great informative video for us newbies, I just wish they were longer! I could listen to him for hours. On another note, can't seem to find a copy of his 'How to Grow Winter Veg' book 😔
Thanks Jacqui, and it's on amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Grow-Winter-Vegetables-Charles-Dowding/dp/1900322889/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PGGIUPVJX5QV&dchild=1&keywords=how+to+grow+winter+vegetables+by+charles+dowding&qid=1597920357&s=books&sprefix=how+to+grow+winter+vegetables%2Cstripbooks%2C163&sr=1-1
New subs. Sir. From Philippines. Oh my how can I get there? . Haha. I love gardens. Ilove ur place... Promise.. GODBLESS.
Gramps lit af 😂
On my list for next year Charles, but you make it look so easy.
Good morning Charles. Thanks I like your videos, I am no speak English. Subtitles in spanish please.🌸🙏🥰
Amazing variety
Que belleza!!! Todas sus plantas crecen maravillosamente bien, un verdadero jardín. 👌👌
You're amazing! I love watching your videos. It makes my day. You're an inspiration to me coz I am a new farmer/beginner.
Thank you for sharing your ideas and showing your plants.
Be safe.
#LoveFromPhilippines
You are so welcome Maria and I wish you success
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Please be safe and upload videos more and more😍❤️
Hi Charles,
It's interesting hearing the names of your melons in the UK. In Oz we have a melon similar skin pattern to the middle one in your poly tunnel which has orange yellow flesh and it's generically a rock melon, the last one which had the green flesh it's generically a honey dew melon. There would be a range within varieties within each of those.
We also have a range of watermelons with flesh ranging from yellow through to the strawberry red as well as interesting skin colors and patterns.
I'm in a sub tropical climate in SE Queensland, hot zone 5, cold 9b, and they harvest from about November, and go wild.
But there are things I cannot grow, like Brussels sprouts, parsnips are variable.
Regards Dennis.
enjoyed your presentation, you made it interesting
Thank you kindly
Oh yum! A big road-side stand near me sells the small yellow watermelon along with regular types but the yellow has outrageous yummy flavor compared to the reds 😋
Oh wow! My mouth is watering
I love watermelons and 'melons du Quercy' (Charentais variety as you mentioned) which are pure deliciousness here in France, as you might know. But wow, your harvest there looked amazing. You truly are a pioneer Charles. Always growing, experimenting, such an inspiration. :-)
Thanks Amita - I do have more space than you! May your balcony grow sweet food :)
Hola, muy buenas las reseñas, como son en español, me quedo todo muy claro, gracias por pensar en nosotros, muy bien explicado, bendiciones y que Dios le de más sabiduría para trabajar le tierra. Macarena de chile!!!
Muchas gracias
Wonderful
Brillant vidéo again , well explained growing charantais melon this year i hope to be successful fingers crossed 🤞 ready to be planted soon in our polytunnel.
Best of luck!
I have a couple of different varieties that I plan on trying to grow trellised against a West facing wall next year. They are really small fruiting, so are advertised as not taking long to mature. It may not work, but even one coming ripe would be a successful seed save for the next year 🙂
Small is beautiful! Good luck Suzanne
Hi Charles, love this video but it would be brilliant if you could provide a more detailed 'how to grow melons' video. I'm attempting melon for the first time this season but detailed advise for British growers is limited on RUclips. Thank you 🍈
Cheers Wesley and there is one in my online melon, sweetcorn and capsicum lesson, where it costs £5.50 charlesdowding.co.uk/product/from-seed-to-harvest-29-sweetcorn-melon-and-capsicums/
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you, will check that out 👍
Another great video - they always are.
Fantastic!
Charles. Me permito el atrevimiento de tutearte (los uruguayos muy de hacerlo), la verdad que como de costumbre nos abres las puertas para que aprendamos de ti. Te lo agradezco inmensamente.
Un saludo de la zona rural de Montevideo, Uruguay. En una fría mañana de invierno.
Muchas gracias Oscar, te deseo una buena primavera, será pronto!
I love your channel
Thankyou
great.
Aku suka sekali tempatnya dan tanamamya subur.tempatnya sejuk sekali. Salam dari Indonesia ☺
Thanks so much
Gracias mil por los subtítulos en español. Desde hace tiempo lo sigo. Talvez un video sobre la construcción del polytunel por favor gracias
Gracias, y lo siento, no hay tiempo para hacer eso, pero busque en el sitio web de First Tunnels buenos videos explicativos
Hola señor dowding que frutas tan ricas lo felicito gracias por compartir saludes ♥️
was amazing tour!! love your plants
Charles I grew Tiger Melons for the first time last year and found them to be one of the most fragrant melons I have experienced, to the point that if you left them in the kitchen, it would very quickly have that heady scent of ripe melon. My Tiger melons were, white fleshed, quite firm, medium sweet and with a bright orange and white (not black) striped smooth skin so perhaps they are a different variety. I understand that Tiger melons are ripe when the stem starts to come away from the fruit. In anycase I support them with nets and harvest them when they detach from the plant. Anyway I grew Ogen melons alongside them last year and collected the seed. This year the "Tiger" melon turned out to be a cross between the Ogen and the origional Tiger melon with the best characteristics of both. Seems to be productive with 5/6 melons per plant. The melons are very fragrent, white fleshed, soft, very sweet and have the "net" and segmented skin of the Ogen. I'm hoping I will get these characteristics again next year.
Hello Dave and that is all fascinating. You are clearly a good gardener :)
How nice that your Togens taste good.
Thank you Sir!
Great job I love Gardening also
I have also WAtermelon and Melon in my garden
Delicious!
I love on a similar climate to yours & your videos give me such inspiration for the future... Wen I have more space 😅🙏