I'm here for the harvesting video when they are ready. I know your watermelons will turn out great. We are a garden family. We are here to help one another. Have a blessed day
Thank you for the information. I am new to gardening so I am trying to learn from as many people as possible. Hope the grow bags help protect your melons. ✌🏾🍉🙏🏾
Looks like you figured it out I have a irrigation system in my garden I have shutoff valves on each bed so that I water 1 or 2 beds at a time. I have a timer but don’t use it because I like to control how much water each bed receives. Too much water can introduce fungus and disease into your garden so it is a hard balance. Your garden looks great.🌱👍🏾😎🍈 new subscriber here
Thank you Welcome to the channel That drip irrigation was the best and the worst at the same time. Not only did I over water my garden I learned a expensive lesson when my water bill came. We live and learn.
I love looking at your garden, it's beautiful. Definitely container garden excellence as far as I'm concerned. I like the way you are always looking for solutions or a better way. I'm in zone 9B and it's super hot. Last year I was watering twice a day. I used 40 percent shade cloth mid day when the temperature would peak and took it off around sunset during the hot months. Game changer. Plants benefited from the heat but didn't burn. This year all of my soil was amended with chicken manure and I added mulch to the bags. The chicken manure retains moisture, so far I'm deep watering once a day and always using shade cloth. I wonder if you can make a simple structure to clip shade cloth to ?
Thank you I appreciate you sharing how a shade cloth helped you out in your garden. It’s been a struggle for me this season between the heat and watering. A shade cloth will definitely help me out with that midday heat. I’ve learned more about gardening this year then I have in my entire 8yrs of gardening
I saw that if you put metal screen under the soil the moles can't get through from the bottom. My melons just busted. I guess I was over watering. I live in Arizona and it gets 112 degrees to 118 in the summer. So I am told to water the melons every 3 days. I wish my melons looked and grow like yours. please post one you cut one open. Beautiful garden😁
I have a huge problem with gophers, and moles and voles as well. I've heard all kinds of reasons why I have them and why I have blossom rot dz. I'm trying calcium, but I'll try cutting back on watering to see if it helps. Your melons look good.
You can still use the drip system just stick your finger in the soil and see if it is wet or dry before turning on the drip system. Use for 15-20 minutes per session. You might need multiple sessions per day in the hottest part of the summer. If the grow bags under the watermelons don't work try some straw mulch.
Did you struggle with bugs, pest? If you did, how and when did you identify the issue and how did you deal with the issue? I am interested in learning as bugs/pest just messed up my entire garden.
I have had issues with pests. I was using seven dust to get rid of the pest but now I just randomly plant herbs, garlic and onions all through the garden to detour the pest. Lady bugs and praying mantis help as well. 👍🏽
im using a potassium bicarb mix with water to spray on my plants .. so far i ve seen very little outbreaks of the blackrot. i do have one melon wich started out with blackrot on the very end. im closey watching it to see if this will work on killing the virus ..if it seems to spread orbe getting bigger i will pull the melon and destroy iy. will keep posted on this treatment.
We live and learn, I think you got it figured out
I hope so
I was watering so much the soil was tuning into mud 🤦🏽♂️
You have a beautiful garden my friend
Thank you kindly
I'm here for the harvesting video when they are ready. I know your watermelons will turn out great. We are a garden family. We are here to help one another. Have a blessed day
Thank you
Yes we are. Our garden community is great 👍🏽
Thanks for the update Zo! Can't wait for those watermelon to be ready and you get to enjoy them. 😊
Thank you for your support. I can’t wait 🍉
Hey Zo! Your watermelons looks amazing. I think you solved the issue, and you will receive an amazing watermelon harvest. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your support 👍🏽
I am happy that you were able to address this early on. Last year I didn’t get a single watermelon because of blossom end rot.
Wow
Hopefully you get a ton of watermelons this season 👍🏽
Thanks for the update! Lesson learned.
Yes
Hard lesson to learn
Thank you for the information. I am new to gardening so I am trying to learn from as many people as possible. Hope the grow bags help protect your melons. ✌🏾🍉🙏🏾
Thank you
Welcome to our great community 👍🏽
Thank you
Welcome to our great community 👍🏽
We are all in this together
It's always a struggle. Garden is looking good though. #KeepGrowing 👍🏾👍🏾😁
👍🏽 You’re gonna have an amazing watermelon harvest!
Thank you
I appreciate your support 👍🏽
Looks like you figured it out I have a irrigation system in my garden I have shutoff valves on each bed so that I water 1 or 2 beds at a time. I have a timer but don’t use it because I like to control how much water each bed receives. Too much water can introduce fungus and disease into your garden so it is a hard balance. Your garden looks great.🌱👍🏾😎🍈 new subscriber here
Thank you
Welcome to the channel
That drip irrigation was the best and the worst at the same time. Not only did I over water my garden I learned a expensive lesson when my water bill came. We live and learn.
I love looking at your garden, it's beautiful. Definitely container garden excellence as far as I'm concerned.
I like the way you are always looking for solutions or a better way.
I'm in zone 9B and it's super hot. Last year I was watering twice a day. I used 40 percent shade cloth mid day when the temperature would peak and took it off around sunset during the hot months. Game changer. Plants benefited from the heat but didn't burn. This year all of my soil was amended with chicken manure and I added mulch to the bags. The chicken manure retains moisture, so far I'm deep watering once a day and always using shade cloth.
I wonder if you can make a simple structure to clip shade cloth to ?
Thank you
I appreciate you sharing how a shade cloth helped you out in your garden. It’s been a struggle for me this season between the heat and watering. A shade cloth will definitely help me out with that midday heat. I’ve learned more about gardening this year then I have in my entire 8yrs of gardening
I saw that if you put metal screen under the soil the moles can't get through from the bottom.
My melons just busted. I guess I was over watering. I live in Arizona and it gets 112 degrees to 118 in the summer. So I am told to water the melons every 3 days.
I wish my melons looked and grow like yours.
please post one you cut one open.
Beautiful garden😁
Thank you
Just posted me harvesting watermelons 🍉 today 👍🏽
Nice update👍🏾
Gm... I knew you would figure it out. Thanks for the update. Those melons look amazing Zo. What are you fertilizing with?
Thank you. I use expert tomato and garden fertilizer
It’s a slow release
I have a huge problem with gophers, and moles and voles as well. I've heard all kinds of reasons why I have them and why I have blossom rot dz. I'm trying calcium, but I'll try cutting back on watering to see if it helps. Your melons look good.
Thank you
Good luck 👍🏽
You can still use the drip system just stick your finger in the soil and see if it is wet or dry before turning on the drip system. Use for 15-20 minutes per session. You might need multiple sessions per day in the hottest part of the summer. If the grow bags under the watermelons don't work try some straw mulch.
Thank you
I’m definitely keeping a eye on it
I got so happy with not having to water the garden manually that I got careless
Lesson learned 👍🏽
❤YOUR GARDEN IS AMAZIN'❤😊
Thank you
Your garden looks great! My watermelons are starting to rot. What were those things you placed under them?
Sorry for the late reply
Haven’t been on social media in a while
Those were just grow bags I stuck up under them
That looks good your doing great. 😊 I’m trying to grow my watermelon up a cattle panel trellis, we will see how it works
Thank you
Keep us posted 👍🏽
DUDE I HOPE THIS SAVES YOUR WATERMELON CROP!! MUCH SUCCESS
Thank you
I sure hope it does
Cool, we can wipe the tears.. lol. Watermelon tasting coming soon!
😂🤣 tears gone for now
Did you struggle with bugs, pest? If you did, how and when did you identify the issue and how did you deal with the issue? I am interested in learning as bugs/pest just messed up my entire garden.
I have had issues with pests. I was using seven dust to get rid of the pest but now I just randomly plant herbs, garlic and onions all through the garden to detour the pest. Lady bugs and praying mantis help as well. 👍🏽
You had an expensive garden experience this summer.
I sure did
We live and learn
Dang!!! Hate they messed up the 🍉
It was me
Over watering 🤦🏽♂️
thank you for sharing
im using a potassium bicarb mix with water to spray on my plants .. so far i ve seen very little outbreaks of the blackrot. i do have one melon wich started out with blackrot on the very end. im closey watching it to see if this will work on killing the virus ..if it seems to spread orbe getting bigger i will pull the melon and destroy iy. will keep posted on this treatment.
Good luck 👍🏽
What helped me was when i first saw them I put some Clorox where I saw them stop. That way they would run when they came back
Thanks
I will have to try that 👍🏽
I used mothballs put in there holes.
Thank you 👍🏽
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