Watermelon Growing Q&A Answers! How To Grow Watermelons
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2018
- In this video, I will be answering questions about growing watermelons. We will cover topics such as seed starting, planting, using plastic to warm the soil, fertilizing, soil amendments, growing in containers, etc. If I somehow skipped over your question, please let me know because I didn't mean to leave anybody out. I answered questions to the best of my ability, as I can only speak from my own experience. Good luck this year! Links that I promised are down below.
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I watch this video all the time hahah I don’t know why I think it’s just a cute and educational video to have on in the background
This is going to be my first year growing watermelons. I got 7 different varieties:
Sugar Baby, Tendersweet Orange, Yellow Petite, Moon & Stars, Royal Golden, Charleston Gray, and Kaho
I plan on using 30gal. tall fabric pots
Great Q&A Christa. Looks like you like variety in watermelon like we like variety in other melons. I look forward to your season and seeing them grow!
Nice Q&A Christa! Loaded with great information. I'm growing 5-7 varieties this year. Looking forward to your updates. :)
Awesome Q & A. I got a ton of information with this video. Thank you 😊
This it’s awesome info! So grateful to have found your channel, especially for growing watermelons successfully! I saved a lot of seeds from good ones last year and my starts are doing fantastic! I’m in N central Washington state and trying to get my soil warmed up to get mine in the ground my May 1st since I planted them April 2!
You sure know your watermelons 🍉❤️😊
Thanks for the good tips. You have helped me have two successful years in the Canadian watermelon patch. Landscape fabric is a must for Canadian watermelon growers.. Raises the bed and solid temps 10 C easy.
Great Info Christa, and good idea with the watermelon q & a :))
Hey Christa, great Q & A, you know I already had my notes... ;-). T
Great Q and A! Thank you, I learned a lot:))
I’ve found that a drip line irrigation system works best. In the past, my watermelon plants have had issues with mildew on the leaves when I used regular sprinklers for watering. Drip line keeps the leaves dry and I’ve been much more successful.
You seem to be growing winter sowing in gallon jugs! I did last winter! I have over 200 plants growing in my garden and they all came from sowing. I am in North Carolina.
You can encourage larger watermelons by pruning them like tomatoes. Take the side shoots off and only encourage 2-3 stems.
Besides leaves I also use cut grass for mulch. Saves money and looks pretty when it dries naturally.
. good job
I do use plastic in zone 5 to heat up the soil first.
I think its best to change my organic matter so i switch alot also
Yes, they are heavy feeders.
Very long video Christa. Great info, you obviously know your stuff. Keep it coming!
Ughhh too long. It took me a long time just to get it processed on my dinosaur of a computer, lol. Thanks for watching.
Even on my not-so-dinosaur-of-a-laptop my videos took FOREVER to render when I was using a free trial of Premiere Pro! LOL you have a good sense of humor. You are starting to get ads now I see. Congrats!
Actually...I was lucky and never lost them. I had the watch time by a good margin but was cutting in close on subs. If they would have made the changes a couple of months prior, I would have been out of luck. You will get there eventually, once you get past that 1,000 sub mark, your channel will grow a lot faster as well...so that is something else to look forward to.
Thanks Christa. I may or may not get there.
I love the longer videos! Keep up the good work!
hello Christa, thanks for the infos, just wanted to know how much water should I use as my seeds are growing into small plants now.
Stick your finger in your soil if it is dry then it needs water if there is moisture there then don't worry about it. I really can't tell you how often to water, it depends on your soil type, temperatures, humidity, etc.
How do I guide my Watermelon vines so the tendril doesn't wrap its own vines & chock, it?
ROFL. I started my Congo on the 29th of March. I am trying a couple of new things this year and it will be fun to see if it will mean bigger yields and larger watermelons. Can I have a 5lb advantage ;P ;P?
Loved your detail video. I am in Canada and growing watermelon for the first time. My seedlings now 8 days old have a fuzz around it’s roots and smells like rotten watermelon in that paper towel ziplock bag, are these the signs of germination gone wrong should I discard and start fresh. Second ? Is that can I just plant them in a bigger container from the beginning so not to disturb the roots. Or grow the pot as the plant grows but just be careful when switching from smaller to bigger pot. Happy harvesting watermelon 💚💚
I would put the sprouted seedings in a pot right away. They should probably be fine. Things can get stinky and a little moldy in a wet ziploc bag. You can start in a smaller pot if you want and move to a bigger pot if needed, as long as you are careful.
Hi, I live in Brooklyn, NYC... so I pretty much have to do containers to grow media. what tips can you help me with for growing Watermelon?...
I am growing them in containers for the second time this year. Go to my channel page and click on the playlist named 'Growing Watermelons 2019'.
Hey, do you have any tips for growing baby watermelons?
What do you mean? Small watermelon varieties? You grow them the same way that you grow larger varieties. If you are talking about those little cucamelons....I think those are more like cucumbers.
you really know your watermelon shit. 😁
I think that the orange is delisieus then the orange😯⌛
After seedling grow about how long can we fertilize ñ
I am in zone 6A in southwest Ohio. By the time my plants produce a couple of watermelons, and then ripen, there aren't enough days left in the growing season for my plants to do it again.
How long does it usually take for your seeds to start sprouting/ germinate?
More or less a week or so...it depends on how cold or warm it is.
took me 5-10 days at 26°C this year
I had 1 male flower grow 3 weeks ago and this morning I have 1 female flower but no males. What's going to happen and what can I do?
I also have moved the pot into my greenhouse. It gets really hot in there to the point there's steam water running down the walls of the greenhouse. Is that ok? All of my fruits and veggies seem to be doing better in the greenhouse. When it gets really hot from the sun I open the door to let the heat out. Is that ok?
Hi, may I know the composition of the soil? Compost, manure, potting soil, perlite, vermiculite? Thank you
Hi matt, I have heavy clay soil but work really hard to amend the area where I plant watermelons. In the fall I add leaves to the garden. In the spring I amend my soil with aged chicken manure, bagged compost, whatever I can get to loosen the soil. Ideally watermelons grow well in loamy soil or sandy loam but you can grow them in other soil types as well.
What is ur growing setup?
You can see that in my other watermelon growing videos, there is a link in the description.
Mini Love was nothing special. Sugar Baby was better. Jung is offering 2019 AAS winner Mambo! I am going to grow Hamby 2020. How is Blacktail Mountain? Which are you growing 2020 and what do you recommend we grow? That Royal Golden looks interesting.
Hi Portia! I am just starting to think about which watermelons to grow this year. So far I am planning on growing Royal Golden and maybe Blacktail Mountain in big pots. I plan to keep up with watering, fertilizing, etc.....all things that I need to do a better job with when it comes to container plants. I want to see what type of results can be achieved in containers with good care. In the garden I want to definitely grow Congo and Klondike Striped Blue Ribbon, also maybe a giant variety that I have seeds for( can't think on the name right now). I have always had the best luck with Ali Baba so I might grow that one as well. It's usually the first to ripen and it's a vigorous strong plant. AAS winners are always worth trying.
@@ChristasGarden I am still awaiting me Hamby seeds from Baker Creek and my Mambo seeds from Jung.
Well, I have another question. Why are my watermelon seeds not sprouting? I've tried really hard and it still won't work.
How long ago did you plant them? Are they indoors or outdoors? Are you keeping the soil slightly moistened? You don't want your soil sopping wet and you also don't want it dry. Seeds need light moisture to germinate. Sown indoors, they could take anywhere from a week to 10 days to germinate, maybe even a little longer.
Well, I planted them a week ago and I grew them indoors in a green bucket and outside in some mulch.
Watermelons and corn need lots and lots of water. That's why leaves on corn turn brown.
Start watermelon seeds in soil blocks
Dont worry about the names ;)
Watermelons are originally from Africa so, I doubt that we in the U.S. can compete with Africa's heat :)
Right, modern day watermelons are descended from wild watermelons in Africa...but I want people to double check before using black plastic on their soil, it may not be the best idea in every area. Also, heat plus drought could definitely negatively impact a crop.
I'm trying them in Ireland .the Last time I saw the sun it was on tv 😆🇮🇪
Hi there! I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I have not been able to successfully grow watermelon. I live in the south zone 8b. They start to grow then get blossom end rot. Any suggestions? I added manure and in ground soil. My native soil is clay. Should I grow it in the native soil and just amend that?
You have to amend the soil, with clay being the lesser amount, you could add sand and compost as melon needs loamy soil, good luck
@@verawallace9055 thanks for the response. I will try that this year.
Thanks christa :) do u have Instagram?
No...I don't have a cell phone and I think you need one for instagram.
You're welcome :)