Don't Plant Watermelon Seeds in the Ground!!!
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Our greenhouse is thriving with life and we have many transplants that are ready to go in the ground soon. Today we're starting our seedless watermelon transplants. Join us as we'll share our plans for planting these in a few weeks.
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0:00 Start
0:28 Hardening Off Seed Starts
2:58 Greenhouse Tour
8:55 Starting Watermelon Seeds
10:25 Adding Pollinator Seeds
17:10 Adding Perlite To Seed Starting Trays 
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For those of you wondering about plants versus seeds. With plants you don’t have to guess whether or not your seeds are going to germinate. This gives you a head start ESPECIALLY If the area you live in has a short growing season. If you plant seeds and a couple of weeks go by before you realize nothing is going to happen, you’ve wasted a couple of weeks. And again if you’re in an area with a short growing season, time is a precious commodity. It’s fun growing things from seed, and I really enjoy doing it. But I start my seeds indoors early enough (heated seed mats and grow lights) to know how many plants I’m going to have and plan my garden accordingly. I love making my own fishing lures, reloading my own ammunition, and growing things from seeds. It’s just something special to me knowing that I caught fish on a lure that I made. Taking game with ammunition that I loaded. Or eating vegetables that I grew from seeds. When I was a kid we grew, hunted, raised or caught almost everything on our dinner table. Flour, corn meal (there was no mill nearby to grind our own cornmeal) sugar and salt are about the only things we bought from the store. It was hard, but good times. Farmers do a very hard and often thankless job to keep food on our tables. From the bottom of my heart I want to give a big THANK YOU to our farmers for keeping us fed!
I grew up on a sheep farm in the sand hills of Kansas. We would grow fields of black diamond watermelons that we would sell out of the back of our old pickup anywhere we could find a place to park it. Sometimes they were so big we couldn't get them out of the field either. We would just cut into them and eat the hearts. Loved your stories about your daddy and growing watermelons.
Good stuff! I recall Dad saying that was a popular variety back in the day as well.
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I started my 2nd year of watermelons in small poop cups on 2-20 -21. They all came up, out in the front in a wood box on concrete. Los Angeles weather has been especially nice this year. I had good success last year. Thanks for the advice on tomatoes too.
My man just saved me from an entire season of disappointment with some expensive seedless watermelon. Definitely earned my like and subscription and I'll hit up your seed store to finish off the rest of my needs this spring.
We'll be here when you need us Danny!
Have never eaten a “ good” seedless watermelon.
I don't understand why you're saying he saved you from an entire season of disappointment in regards to watermelon but how in the world are there seeds for a seedless watermelon. I really was confused why any tomatoe seedlings would get set out days after a 30° night (grounds no where near warm enough). Tomatoes are warm weather plants and don't go in the ground in Michigan until last week of May when it's at least 70°.
Just planted my HOSS seeds on Friday in a float tray. I am excited to see what happens!
Thanks for the good info. I still have melons and okra to seed here too.
Like watching growing seeds. small or large gardens. Glad there are others who like to garden too. Best of the year, and an over abundance crop.
This gets us ramped up and excited to Grow! Love HOSS TOOLS! ON our trip from from Southern VA to Florida I'd love to stop by and say hi! Shed Wars is upon us! Time to step up our game!
Had a good harvest of melons last year. I was told it couldn't be done but I proved them all wrong.
Good for you!
I love when someone says it can't be done!😉
Did you use the 70-79 day yellow baby doll? I’m starting seeds tomorrow. I’m trying to decide how many starts are too many. I have five trays clear lol. Never thought about selling watermelon starts.
So much for those that say you cant transplant certain seedlings!!! 😉😊😊😊
@@tomdeschesne9391 Last year I transplanted corn and they did well. Doing it again
Since asked, I live in Nebraska so seed starting can be less predictable. I start pretty early because sometimes you can get plants in before May 1...Last year closer to June 1...snow on Cinco De Mayo. I started 15 trays today. Hope to start Watermelons in a few weeks. Gonna stagger plant to take a risk and get a few in early. I use low row covers to deal with the lack of predictable weather. Hope to incorporate high tunnels next year. Great videos. Keep up the thoughtful content!
Thanks Sam! Best of luck with your garden this year in Nebraska!
Love the little “fairy” garden in the greenhouse!! 🤗
Great video. Lots of good information. Thank you.
Hope you are feeling better!
I am. Only lasted a couple days, but didn't want to risk getting anyone else at the office sick.
Incredible information. Thank you so much! 👍
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I love when you do greenhouse videos, I cant wait to get a greenhouse
It's one of the best investments a homestead can make!
@@gardeningwithhoss I bet it's a game changer for sure ima try hard this year to get one up
It's always great to learn something new!
Glad you think so!
I like the idea of using perlite. It provides contrast against the baby seedings.
Yes, that is another added benefit. Easier to see when they germinate.
Thanks for the video - Now I know I need to start my watermelons rather than trying to direct sow, which has had mixed success in the past. I’m going to be trying to grow watermelon again this year. 2 years ago I had a volunteer fine that popped up and produced lots of some little melons that never ripened - tasted like cucumber. I worked on this bed and tried planting watermelon last year but ended up with water problems and everything drowned. Trying different types this year, in a bed that we covered in about 2 inches of compost and tarped to keep the grass and weeds down. Just put about another inch of good garden soil in, and I am planning to do a type of no-till garden for these using straw to cover them after planting. Building in a better watering system - hopefully things will work better this year. Wish me luck!
Transplanting should certainly help.
Try the Blacktail Mountain if you don't need a huge watermelon. Grew them for the first time last year, they did well, and I followed the 'pinching method' I found on a video to get more melons in a smaller space.
Travis its good to see you up and about. I planted some mountain vineyards tomatoes on 2/20 in my greenhouse on the blue heat mat with the thermostat set at 99 degrees. Used the 162 trays. Out of the 10 seeds eight came up. But only three have some true leaves. I did water well and used seed starter mix and perlite. At the base of the plant there is a dark spot and the first leaves look dry. Any advise
Hmm. Not sure. They probably just need a little more time to get up and going.
I am up in New England so we are just starting our cold weather crops at a rented greenhouse space. In a couple of weeks we will start our peppers, then tomatoes on April 5th and then the rest of our warm weather starts go into the greenhouse on April 20th. Our main challenge in Massachusetts is determining the last frost date. My dad always used Memorial Day but I use May 23. If the 10 day weather forecast is looking warm I may sneak in the warm weather crops a few days early. It's gonna be 16 degrees tonight so it is still plenty cold. My main question is do you have heaters for your greenhouse to keep over night greenhouse temperatures at a certain point? Up here we have to use supplemental heat at night to keep starts from getting too cold. Keep up the good work with the videos as I really enjoy them and i always learn something during every video.
We have a small portable heater that we'll use if temps get close to freezing. But that doesn't happen down here very often, so we don't use it much.
Just watched the last video with Mama Hoss ☺️ she is awesome! Glad to see you are feeling good enough to get in the fresh air!
Travis, glad you are feeling healthy and well again. You sure do resemble both your dad and your mom in the looks department. *cheery smile* You all look like a nice family team. Oh, by the way...you said something about "nuked" in your most recent video. Yikes! My hubby said you meant it as a slang term. Your future is so bright you have to wear sunglasses (because of the wholesome forecast)! *kind LOLlol*~Respectfully in the Love of our Beloved JESUS always, Dr. Lady S. ['Golden Rule' Farmstead - {Matthew 7:12}]
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Travis I hope are feeling better. Hope to see you on the next Row By Row Garden Show.
For sure!
I tried some Charlston greys few years back but couldnt get any size outa them.Remember seeing them along the aisles in the grocery stores when i was a kid.Maybe this year i'll bury that soaker hose & try melons again.
Perlite is good for water and it’s really good for it’s ability to hold fertilizer. Perlite is similar to say a diamond as it has many sides that the fertilizer can attach to. When you trans plant, that perlite will go into the ground and feed the roots directly. This will give your transplant a nice boost. Haven’t watched your shows much yet, but seaweed is good for holding plant stress down. And liquid seaweed can be applied to the plants as a feeding with a regular fertilizer. You feed your plants more of a nitrogen base while hey grow then switch to higher phosphate base when they begin to flower. I have grown tremendously large harvest from small gardens. And as your garden adjusts it will make the harvest taste better and be more healthy. I had a friend that simply loved yellow tomatoes but they would make his mouth full of sores. He said with mine he could sit down at his picnic table with a salt shaker and a couple of my tomatoes and just chow down.
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would you do a vidio on your greenhouse/ seed starting house? would like to see how it's made.
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/bvSfi0VD9Zk/видео.html
I just discovered your channel as I was searching for knowledge on how to get my seedless watermelons going, great job you’re doing here, congratulations!
Do you sell the pepper seedlings? For all those peppers in your description box? I have learned much, thanks
We just sell seeds. Plants are tough to ship.
@@gardeningwithhoss okay thanks
Thank you for sharing,
Thank you for this content. I wish u to improved health
Feeling much better now! Thanks Momma J.
SUper glad I found this channel. Now I don't have to sort thru 10k 'growing guides' that are just somebody opening a seed pack and putting them in starter or the ground like that's the hard part. You strike me as a farmer, now that I'm done with dairy and corn and grain I'm loving the garden plants. Even an alfalfa grower generally knows more about planting than any urban container garden host.
Welcome aboard!
I got a small portable greenhouse this year from the wife at Christmas, this will be my first time around a greenhouse, what temperature should the nights be before I try to start plants? 40s? The next 3-4 weeks are forecasted to be down in the 30s, but Im itching to try it out!
You'll definitely want to use a heat mat and maybe even a small portable heater if you can get one. Put a thermometer in the greenhouse and wait until it's getting in the 60-70s.
Good luck with the watermelons, I've never tried a seedless one that didn't have grainy flesh.
Guess it depends on variety and where they're grown. The ones the commercial farmers around here grow are pretty dang good.
Are the Tailgate Seedless Watermelon going to be back in stock this year? Looks like I need one more pack.
Glad to see you feeling better!
Yes. We should have more seeds early this week and it might take us a day or two to get them packed.
I’m going to transplant my peppers into vertical towers. Our nights are still in the upper 30s, low 40s. If I transplant them out and throw a frost cover over them, will they be okay until it gets warmer? What temperature range should you shoot for when putting your peppers out? I’m eager to free up some space in the house to start more seeds, but so don’t want to jump the gun. Great video, thanks.
I'd just wait until it's a little warmer.
Trying some this year.
Hi, can you tell where you bought the greenhouse that you are in, in this video, I see the sides go up bit it’s a full function greenhouse? Thanks
atlasgreenhouse.com/greenhouses/hobby-houses/easy-grow/
Oh man, we just had two days with a freeze warning. I thought we were past all that and planted 112 carrots (small plot). Hoping that I didn't just lose them all.
they should be fine. I've planted carrots a month ago, and it snowed twice.. they are now coming up. same with the spinach. as long as it wasn't a hard freeze for an extended amount of time, you should be good.
I have some leggy watermelon seedlings that I didn’t catch in time to give enough light. Once I finally caught them I was able to stop the leggy growth , but they are still quite long. Do you recommend planting deeper at transplant to remedy the legginess?
yes
Thank you! 👍
I got the Iberia cayenne and those huge jalapenos coming in the mail today! Thank you guys...😁
Definitely let us know how you like them!
Quick question that is off topic. My tomato seedlings are about 3 and half weeks old (that’s from germination) and they range from about 2 inches to 2 1/2 inches tall. They seem healthy and stalky. How tall normally are tomato seedlings at about 3 1/2 weeks old? Every year I forget and never seem ask and they always seem to turn out fine, but thought I’d ask.
That sounds about right. It can vary a bit with growing conditions, but that seems normal.
Yea Hope you feel better.
Do you think your giant melons could out grow your seedless melons and shade out the seedless ones ?
From what I remember growing the larger melons as a kid, the plants weren't much larger than other varieties -- just the end product was massive. So I don't think it will be an issue.
great idea
Where did the greenhouse come from? I don't see any available on your website but that is EXACTLY what I'm looking for.
It came from Atlas Greenhouse -- www.atlasgreenhouse.com
Very nice
Have you guys done a video on thinning your seedlings?
Don't think so. But it's not complicated, we just pluck out the extras when they're large enough for us to grab with our fingers.
I saw your segment on onions question. I am in the Texas Hill Country and we get some freezing temps here in the winter. If we plant onions here in late fall will they survive a freeze or two? Not like last Feb 7 degrees killed even some cactus
If a typical year, yes. Feb was very not typical.
Wow... !!! My best friend, Loved this video. Looking forward to see more. Awesome... Full watched.
Thank you so much 🤗
Will those peppers grow up here in Nova Scotia?? Going to try a few anyway. Start them inside maybe..
If you can grow other pepper varieties up there, they should work if you can get them started early inside.
I noticed that you have a greenhouse that has roll up sides. It appears that the rolling part of the sides don't go all the way to the ground. I was curious what brand of greenhouse it was, and the name of the distributor. I am between greenhouses, and looking around for my next one.
Atlas Greenhouse -- www.atlasgreenhouse.com
I see a lot of pearlite in that seed starting mix. What is in the mix and does it perform better than typical seed starting soil from garden centers?
We use ProMix and Black Gold Seed Starting Mix. Both are great.
This has to be the same guy that runs the Lazy Dog Farm channel... good stuff.
Whats that white spec stuff In your trays? I'm new to all this
Perlite
I just set up one of those little greenhouses to start my seeds in. Where about are you in south GA? I used to live in Calvary, GA (north of Tallahassee), but am now in NC. This week we'll still have really cold nights, but the days are warm again! I'm prepping the ground where my chickens were for my next garden. Picked up some wood fencing to make some raised garden beds. : )
We are near Moultrie, GA, about an 1.5 hours from Tallahassee.
@@gardeningwithhoss - Ah ok thanks. I know where that is. : )
I’ll be trying your baby dolls in Minnesota this year.
Definitely tell us how you like them!
When you get those 30s as you mentioned, does that green house protect them from freezing at night or is there another measure that must be done?
We put a heater in there when we are in in low 30’s
GOOD VIDEO,
As always I enjoyed your presentation!
Thanks David!
Love the Allright Allright allright
My daddy used to grow Charleston Gray watermelons for market at Tifton in the 1950s and 1960s.
My dad says that was a very popular variety at the farmers markets when he was younger.
@@gardeningwithhoss Yep. Your dad is a little younger than me. It was the top watermelon in GA at one time.
What is the whitish substance on the top in your seeding flats? Looks like vermiculite.
Perlite maybe
Hey Hoss love your videos man just got a couple questions to ask ya
#1 how much does that mini greenhouse cost
#2 how much does it cost in electric (monthly) to run at optimal temperature
Thanks Hoss
It has been over 10 years, I'll attach the link below.
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atlasgreenhouse.com
This is where we bought it over 15 years ago.
i'm sure some other plants can grow well without thinning if desired however, herbs for sure dont mind at all and grow just as well if two or three come up together in a cell/plug.
Good point!
When do you start the watermelons before last frost. Mine is may 15th . I do have my beds covered in black plastic to help warm soil faster.
The transplants only take about 4-5 weeks or so, so you can figure when you need to start them given that and your average last frost.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you so much. Love you all and your help
So when you make the double with your finger and drop to see it in the hole you then cover it with perlite correct
Yep!
Vermiculite works just as well for me
Hey guys, can we get a video review of the Better Boy Tomatoes?
Miss doing another this year, we will try again.
Hello, thanks for all advise Geogia nieghbor. I have a question that may sound odd. I have babydolls sprouted. There is a sandy spot by my raised beds. Can I ready this area to transplant? My thought was no weeds, less bugs. I'm I wrong in my thinking?
You can. Although if it's sandy, it probably doesn't have a ton of nutrients. Might want to supplement with some compost or some of our Complete Organic Fertilizer before planting.
@@gardeningwithhoss so my idea is not completely nuts. Just create area were sprouts are planted, how deep and wide Please?
We like to plant watermelons with a 4-5' row spacing and plants 2' apart along the row. Don't plant them any deeper than twice the diameter of the seed.
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I learned something about greenhouses this year...you can have one or the other but you cannot have both at the same time...cats and greenhouses. At least, not the plastic-covered type.
You can add goats to that list. I rolled my plastic down on a simple tunnel greenhouse one summer a let goats to clean up in the fall and saw the had found the plastic under a protective trap. I haven't put it back up since. I'm planning on a large leanto greenhouse on the south side of a metal barn and block it from the goats. Wish me luck. ;-)
I could see where that could be an issue.
I bought the moon and stars, and yellow baby doll, (on wait list for yellow moon and stars ) I thought that I was supposed to direct seed these. But Travis is showing greenhouse seed starting im confused. I haven't either way yet so if you can please advise me on how to start them? Pots or direct seed?
You can direct-seed them. But transplanting will work a little better in our opinion if you have a seed starting setup to do so.
Thank you. I will try about half and half and see which ones work best. Who knows I may have more melons than I'll know what to do with lol
By half and half, half direct and half transplanted.
Better boys!!! Yah!!
Hello. Very Informative! Without reading 311 comments, I would like to know about how long it would take to germinate the different melon seeds by using your heat mats @ 100*? (Then i can figure starting times,,,, & how long before they are large enough to plant outside? ;>)
Thanks
It could take 7-10 days for them to germinate, and then usually about 4-5 weeks before they're ready to go in the ground.
I live in southern Alberta Canada. I want to put watermelon transplants in the ground in mid May. When would be a good time to start them under lamps, on a heat pad in my garage. We have had limited success with watermelons from seed in the garden, but I want to give them a head start this year to increase the yield. Thanks for your help.
6-8 weeks before your last frost date
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks, I appreciate that. I will let you know how well they did.
First year growing them? You are going to have so much fun! They do great in the deep south where it's hot, especially if you have fairly sandy soil and don't get too much rain. I've always wanted to try the Carolina Cross 180, that's still the variety that holds the record for world's largest watermelon, ya? I wonder how they taste when they are hundreds of pounds. Never tried the summer breeze, but hopefully it will be good. Standard diploid varieties do great direct sown, but you are 100% correct that the seedless triploids need to be started in a greenhouse on heating mats as they require much more delicate conditions to germinate, need to be kept very warm and fairly dry to get good germination, just keep the trays on the dry side (there's a small gap between the embryo and the seed coat in the seedless triploids where too much moisture can accumulate which can lead to damping off if too cool or too wet, where the standard diploids don't have this space and thus can tolerate some cooler wetter conditions). I grew watermelon two crops per year every year for a long time and ate watermelons almost every day, now I'm allergic, go figure. I sure do miss them! Maybe I'll try some next year and make the melons into wine and see if I can enjoy them that way. Hope yall have a great growing season!
Thanks for the tips. We've been known to eat one a day too!
Was this actually filmed in March? I'm in Southern Alabama and trying to decide when to start my watermelons
We are in zone 8 and do not plant until April
@@gardeningwithhoss so you did start the seeds at the beginning of March? To plant in ground in April?
You will go crazy for the tomatillos!
Can't wait!
@@gardeningwithhoss I actually grew watermelon in the SHADE by accident last year. They didn’t do well at all so i wrote them off and put up cattle panels with beans on them that blocked the sun. I had a SURPRISE when I took the garden down in the late summer. 5 big watermelons from a single mound of 3 plants!
I ordered some of your sugar baby watermelons. Do I need a germination watermelon to grow along side them?
You don't have to have one, but it will definitely speed things up.
I really like the size of your greenhouse. And its function like the big greenhouse. Can you tell me where to get one?
We got ours from Atlas Greenhouse --- www.atlasgreenhouse.com
@@gardeningwithhoss I just got 10 x 16 Atlas greenhouse based on an earlier recommendation by you. I'm loving it, and Atlas has great customer support.
Great to hear Charles!
what’s the white stuff called on top of the soil seedlings in the green house
Perlite
@@gardeningwithhoss i precciate it, probably sounded like a dumb question
Where can I find HE-Man Tomato seeds they are a smooth red tomato that are size and shaped like a soft ball. Thanks
We have never heard of these.
I made a garden bed this year and planted some watermelon seeds. Only one of them sprouted so far. What should I do? Replant?
yes, soil temp was most likely not warm enough for direct seeding
@@gardeningwithhoss ok thanks
Travis, are you going to carry the paprika pepper?
I think we're done adding new varieties for spring, but definitely something to consider for later this year.
Do you have any ant control around or in the greenhouse?
Ants tend to accumulate in low-traffic areas, which is not our greenhouse or around it. So we don't have any issues with them there.
What medium do you start your seeds in?
We use Pro-Mix and this stuff right here: hosstools.com/product/black-gold-seed-starting-mix/
Both are great seed starting mixes.
This our garden grew for the first time
100 degrees on for the heat mat? Seems high. I have a heat mat with temp probe for soil. I usually keep it around 75 to 80 degrees. Should I have it set to 100?
Our soil doesn't get that hot considering the cooler temps in the greenhouse when we're starting these seeds. So we set it high to compensate for that. So although it's set at 100, the soil actually doesn't get that hot.
@@gardeningwithhoss That makes sense. Im starting indoors with average temperature around 70. Do you have an ideal soil temp for seed starting?
It varies by crop. Peppers for instance, like 85 degrees.
I may tarp off an area of my yard for melons and pumpkins.
Go for it!
You can plant them in the ground in hotter countries.
Do you color code the pollinator seeds?
We don't color code them, but they are in a separate bag.
I have a problem with my melon vines rotting before the melons fully develop. What could cause that ?
Likely a fungal disease -- powdery mildew or downy mildew caused by humidity and excessive leaf moisture.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the reply. I think the issue may have been excessive overhead watering. I will try again this season. Love the channel.
What type of heat do you have to have to grow watermelon,do you have heat in your green house
We use a portable heater in the greenhouse on the rare occasion that outside temps drop below freezing, but that rarely happens down here. Watermelon does like warmer temps.
What brand is that greenhouse?
Atlas
I don’t have the space to grow 2 different kinds of watermelon, but could I grow cantaloupe with my watermelon as the pollinator? I want to grow sweet baby watermelons, only 1-2 seeds. I think my space is 4X5.
Watermelon and cantaloupe are different species, so the cantaloupe won't pollinate the watermelon.
Blacktail Mountain is a smaller watermelon for small spaces. I grew them alone without another variety, they did fine. They are seeded and a round melon rather than long and fat. Look them up. They were nice and sweet.
What kind and size of greenhouse are you in?
It's 10' x 16'. Got it from Atlas Greenhouse - www.atlasgreenhouse.com
Is it better to plant watermelon plants for the growing season inside the greenhouse or outside in the sun?? Don't melons need more sun than they get growing in a greenhouse?? Just curious! God Bless for a good growing season!
You'd definitely want to grow them outside as they take up quite a bit of space. But planting from transplants as opposed to direct-seeding outside gives you a head start and a better germination.
What are the white stuff on top?
Perlite
Thanks I enjoyed this. I live in Washington state on one of the smaller Islands, I keep promising myself that I'm going to give watermelon a try, LOL. I just subscribed thanks again
God Bless
What kind of greenhouse is that?
Atlas Greenhouse -- www.atlasgreenhouse.com
Do u seed start cantaloupe??
yes
Where to buy the seeds you use? thats ok I see where to buy
Right here: hosstools.com/product-category/premium-garden-seeds/
Please tell us the secrets to your seedling soil.
We don't make our own. We use ProMix or Sungro seed starting mix. Both of them work well.
I live in Georgia