HOW TO GROW SEEDLESS WATERMELONS IN YOUR BACKYARD!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Man, I love your quips, quick humour, and dynamic when conversing. Such a fun show to watch- keep it up boys! I learned something new today
Thanks Jennifer!
I am from Cleveland, Tennessee. At one time I owned a lawn care business and became acquainted with Clayton Beaty. Clayton was one of the most kind men I have ever known. It was awesome to hear my hometown mentioned on your show. I loved growing up in Cleveland. Met a man in Cleveland that changed my life forever. His name was Jesus.
I agree, great Guy!
When y'all gonna turn this into a 2-hour show? I could listen to you two talk gardenin' all day
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Yes that video with your son was adorable!
You all ever wait up late wondering where the Row by Row show is only to figure out that it’s Wednesday
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Yesterday
Great show, guys! I have several 162 trays and use large, plastic bags in place of a plastic dome. Works really well.
Yes sir Greg I cut my 162 trays into 3 sections worked out great
I planted the tailgate seedless this weekend along with sugar baby and Charleston gray.
Wow! So interesting! Thanks for the education on seedless watermelons!
My favorite show !
Thank you for that explanation about seedless watermelon! Never heard that before.
Seed counters go to the same place that people who don’t cut their taters go....straight to jail!! Love the show, great advice and tips. Only thing I’d like to be added is letting us know ahead of time if your going to be sampling something on the show so I can get some to eat along with you...y’all make everything look and sound delicious!!
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My favorite show too and I ordered more seeds today and within 2 hours I received an email that they already been shipped. That’s was fast and I really appreciate it
Thanks for your order Monika!
Y’all mentioned planting sunflowers! I plant sunflowers in my garden and all around! Sunflowers attract stink bugs and I just go by in the morning and pick the stink bugs off and smash them. Stinks a lot but keeps them out of my butter beans!
I have also been told to plant sunflowers on the perimeter of your corn crop to draw the stink bugs to the sunflowers and not your corn. I was told by a crop duster that when you see a missing or damaged kernel on an ear of corn, that is where the stink bug has bitten the silk that leads to that kernel of corn.
Love ferments!!! I just harvested more carrots today. 😋
"Poo Haw Slaw!" "We just might halve to wipe our moufs off on our shirt tails"!🤣
Can you teach us how you grow your grapes and other fruit vines? Would love to get some tips from you all. Love how clear you both make each topic. Enjoy your show very much. God bless you and your families.
Pool hall slaw originated in my town!!! We have a festival for it. Fayetteville, Tn. It's called the Slaw Burger Festival. 👍
Yes, but do you have cole slaw wrestling like in Daytona at the Cabbage Patch Bar?
Excuse me. I meant "rassling". Lol.
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Thank you for bringing the account feature back on the site. The account and wish list is great! Greg, I always get more seed count than I order too! I don't bother to count any longer unless I ain't got nuttin' else to do.😂
Glad you like it!
I was so tickled when this feature came back!!! I have the worst memory and double ordered, under ordered, I just couldn't keep track Thanks for bringing it back guys!!!
I once grew a seedless pumpkin and was so perplexed. This video explains so much. Thanks!
I love the top slit buns.
One thing I can say is that Greg love to EAT. Covered my broccoli this afternoon it’s just starting to set fruit hope this cold snap is gone by Sunday. Great show tonight.
Good trick I learned for watering seed starting trays for the first time is to stack a couple up and set an empty tray on top and you spray into the empty tray and it slowly drains down through the stack without spraying your seed starting mix all over
Good idea!
Great show, lots of information , bUT, sure was making me hungry with that sausage & slaw, lol
Knocked the explanation out the park!
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I felt like I just attended another one of my medical school lectures! Dual purpose, gotta love it!
As always love the show. My question is when talking about soil temperature is that surface temperature, one inch down or six inches down?
Good question. Probably more pertinent to the actual depth you're planting the seed. In most cases, that would correspond to the surface or a hair below.
One of the old timers around here said that you wait to plant till the pecan leaves are the size of a squirrels ear.
'Tis true in the hills of the Florida Parishes of southeastern Louisiana for maters.👍
That's a good one!
I was always told when the pecans set leaves, the cold weather/winter is over. When pecans lose their leaves, the cold/winter is hear to stay. Last to lose their leaves, last to set their leaves
Here in Alaska, we say the same thing about Birch tree leaves.
I am a pro and been in the industry for decades, my burning question is...are they Felco pruners? I found your products in 2020. So far, I firmly stand behind what I have purchased. Getting ready to start a new homestead video channel. Will have a blast weeding in silence this season with the wheel hoe instead of my mini tiller or a long handled stirrup hoe. Testing some seeds varieties right now. It will be a fun gardening season in the greenhouses, canning kitchen. Love my freeze dryer this past season to preserve the garden and make camping a breeze. I have fun watching you two. Greg has a lot of phrases I heard growing up. Travis, I hadn't heard hiney in years. My newest phrase is hiney high used by Travis in 2020.
Travis's biology is showing. Will next week bring a punted square? Tune in to find out.😁
They are not. We've used Felco pruners many times over the years. Felco makes a pretty good pruner, but the locking mechanism doesn't stay in place very well.
Appreciate the schooling. People will like to put a variety on their list when they hear about it here and order when their list is full.
OMG! Y'all crack me up on the phenology discussion!!
Enjoy your videos! Early riser and usually watch while I have my coffee and breakfast.
I've got to pay real close attention on this one
Loved the education on the seedless watermelon! Can’t wait for yalls Hoss seed starting Mix and I’m going to go right now and get me some of those shownuff good pruners! Thanks guys for another good show!!👍😊
One of your best shows.
"Just what makes those pecan trees bloom"... and suddenly my strange little brain is singing something about high hopes, ants, and rubber tree plants :D
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Great show guys. Received my packet of Hoss Cherokee Pumpkin seeds recently. Plan on direct sewing them. My question is what's the best way to store seeds for a couple months before I plant them. Refrigerator? Dark shelf?
Put them in a ziplock bag in the fridge.
Gardening by phenology- finish winter pruning by the time forsythia blooms.
In northern zones, cut back buddleia after forsythia blooms.
FYI, many ag schools/extension no longer offer soil testing. Even the commercial growers must send their samples to an outside lab.
Could you guys talk more about what temp each type of vegetable needs to be at for optimal germination? Thanks for all the advice and help yall give.
Sure. That's a great subject!
Thanks guys, always enjoy and learn from your show !
Crock pots hands down.. make the best germination mat for peppers. Throw them in a pan over a blanket just make sure to keep water in the crock or it'll crack
My grandpa has challenged me to grow a big watermelon. I have recently ordered Carolina Cross from you.
My question is, if I trim most of the small watermelons from the vines, will the couple watermelons left on the vine grow even bigger?
That theory is used by folks who grow giant pumpkins. I've never tried it, but it makes sense.
Thanks i never knew about seedless watermelon before
Great video
Got some of the ‘Harvest Moon’ from you arriving tomorrow. Timely show! Good to hear you are using ‘Charleston Gray’ as a pollinator, it is actually a good watermelon itself, they will get eaten as well!
Do mention that colchicine is a naturally occurring chemical, tho most is manufactured now. It originated in the fall blooming crocus, Colchicum. I grow slipper orchids, and it is used to increase ploidy, which enhances flower color and bloom size.
Thanks for sharing that! Definitely let us know how the Harvest Moon does for you!
Top slice buns are the way to go. Hands down.
Super cool about the seedless watermelons!
Hmmm! Yummy! Paw slaw sounds 👍. Growing foods in our garden...can't get any fresher. Best eating and the flavor can't be duplicated on store shelf.
I just love your guy's show. And I'm telling everyone that I can about your seeds and show.
Thanks for not keeping us a secret!
Phenology: When you are in a heated debate with your wife and she laughs out loud but it's not her normal laugh, it's time to go ahead and agree with her. Phenology.
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Thank you so much for the awesome explanation about seedless watermelon--I have always wondered about that! Thank you both, for all your good information. I am in zone 8b and follow your planting recommendations! My onions are doing way better this year since I have your fertilizer/irrigation system, and your guidance (and yes, the rain this year has been a little challenging). Keep up the good work!!
Great to hear about your onions! We hope you have a great garden this year!
Where is the recipe for the pool hall slaw?
We'll put it in the blog post on our site for this show. Usually takes a week or two after the show airs to get that posted.
@@gardeningwithhoss I'll probably forget I'd like to cjheck out that recipe by then.
The hotter the pepper the longer it takes to germinate in my experience. Gypsy, king Arthur, and Tabasco peppers germinated in that order. They were planted the same day in the same brand seed starting mix. Carolina reapers, apocalypse scorpion, and other peppers in that scoville range, are dead last to germinate.
Great show as always!
I am going to save this show and, show it to my grandkids when they ask about the birds and the bees. Ha ha good luck
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Love that science side!!! Go Travis!
MY question is on the irrigation system on the emitters how many gallons will the emitters allow per hour if your flow rate is 10 gallons a minute
3 gallons per emitters per hour ?
Our pressure regulator only works for systems up to 8 gal/min. Senninger makes a high flow 12 psi regulator that will work with our system, but we don't carry it currently. You would need that piece instead of the pressure regulator in our kits.
you fellas got me to pause this vid and cook me up some brats , fix up some mustard relish , and its not even 6 am
Can't go wrong with good brats anytime of day!
I think Travis is a little touchy when it comes to moon planters! Hahaha! That bantering cracked me up! Great show with lots of good info again. Thanks!
"touchy" would be putting it lightly. 😂
Omg guys this was such a packed show. Thank you! I am now very interested in your pruners. I love the science behind the seedless watermelon. I’d like to see more science in your show. Albeit, every thing you do is science. But I won’t be buying The seedless watermelon or seedless anything. I don’t think it’s good practice overall. This video was great. Thank you!
Hey did you see the shout out Whispering Willow Farm gave you guys on 1/25/2021. It is on essential tools I think it is at 23 min 35seconds on her video
23:18 is when it starts
I got my Fire Cracker Sunflower seeds in my latest order and I'm super excited to have them in my garden this year!!! Yes, thank you so much for the wish list option! I've got a pretty big one now! What are your thoughts on the yellow watermelon variety? Have you ever grown them and/or thought about selling them? Thanks a bunch, y'all!!! Sending love and hugs from up here in Kentucky!!
We had a relative grow the Baby Doll Watermelon last year and it was literally the best-tasting watermelon we've ever had. Sooo good!
I have never grown watermelon do I need to grow something with to pollinate it
Flowers near the garden always help to attract pollinators. But each watermelon plant will produce male and female flowers for pollination.
Love love your shows. Sent link to friend/coworker. Have you ever grown avocado? Or have any useful information on growing my own. Again love your shows!
Have not ever grown avacado. We do love to eat them though!
I am a recent subscriber to your channel and I am learning a lot from you about better ways to garden in our Zone. I do have a question after watching your seed starting schedule video. Would you possibly consider doing a fertilizer and feeding schedule for the basic plants in the various seasons? That would be a great resource for many of us out here. Thanks for your time and for sharing the info that you do.
Yes. We usually start covering fertilization schedules on our show once things start getting put in the ground.
Really enjoy the show, thanks for taking time for questions!
Ever have any issues with gin trash? (Weeds, herbicide carryover) There is a lot of it here in NC.
Any ideas to add Calcium to soil? Market garden, good soil pH - 6.5 so don’t want to lime. Sugar sand soil, so it’s hard to keep many nutrients around.
We've never had any issues with the stuff we use. The commercial produce farmers around here use it, so that's a good sign that it's good to go. They wouldn't risk millions of dollars if it was likely contaminated.
Calcium nitrate is a good source if you want a quick pop. Our 20-20-20 and Complete Organic Fertilizer both have calcium as well.
Help us all! I never fail to learn something from your show. I especially enjoyed it at 49:50 when phenology became to topic. I had never heard that word before yet I tend to plant and manage my bee colonies with this method. Never knew it had a name. Well as Paul Harvey used to say, “now you know the rest of the story.”
Great show guys! In a future episode, could y’all discuss what can be grown on the hortonova netting. I am planning to use it with my beans and cowpeas but wonder if it would support heavier fruit like tomatoes, winter squash and tomatillos?
It will work for cherry tomatoes, but not large tomatoes. We use it for pole beans and cucumbers mainly and it works great for those. Anything heavier than a big slicing cucumber wouldn't work that well as the fruits would be too heavy.
Dear Greg & Travis
I am in growing zone 5B Ohio, I have a question for starting Tomatoes. This is my first attempt at starting my own plants inside from all of your seeds… What I would like to know is …. When the maturity date says 80 days or 75 day 70 or 60 days…. Do I start each of them in different weeks so that they can all mature together? OR Do I just start them all at the same time in the cells?
I want to can my spaghetti sauce and use the Abe Lincoln (80 day), Box Car Willie (80 day), and the Invincible (60 day) and Tachi (75 day)… Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
PS: I love your Row by Row show… lots of info and great knowledge for all stages of gardeners.
Thanks
Dawn
Circelville, Ohio
Start them all at the same time. The maturity date can be quite relative and it's not a bad thing if you get a little bit of staggered production from the different varieties.
Hoss seeds have fantastic germination!
By the way, I love your show. Hope to get my sampler of 🥔 from you soon.
From what I've read the Triple play may be sweeter than either summer breeze or tail gate
Interesting ... Might have to test that and see.
Love watching you guys!! I need more gardening with Greg...and more TyTy in my life! QUESTION: I’m in zone 5b, I want to try growing some plants in stock tanks. Do you think it’ll work alright? Do I need to worry about the metal warming the soil up too much?
You should be fine in zone 5b. Down here, the metal might would be a concern.
I know its early to think about corn, but if one has limited space, what is the smallest amount of sweet corn that you could plant that would give enough pollination?
You'll want to plant at least three rows, side by side, for best pollination. The length of those rows doesn't matter a whole lot. Just aim to plant a square block of it.
@@gardeningwithhoss Awesome. I can do that. Thanks!!
Great show as always. Concerning ph, do you not trust the home test kits or the probes that can be stuck in the ground to check ph?
I've used a probe before and it seemed pretty accurate. If you've got a good probe, it's probably right.
Which of these are most like the seedless variety you get in the store? How big do the ones y'all sell get? My kids seem to like store bought better. Mine were not as crisp and too many seeds they say.
Depends on what store you go to. Some of the stores around here carry a traditionally-sized, oval-shaped watermelon like Tailgate or Summer Breeze. While other stores carry the small icebox types like Triple Play. The kids will probably enjoy the smaller Triple Play variety.
What's typical temps inside your greenhouse? On a sunny day, mine will get up there. But on a cloudy day and at night, with no heat source, temps are either same as outside temps or MAYBE 10 degrees higher than outside temps if i'm lucky. Trying to germinate peppers inside on a heat mat now but nervous to move them outside once they come up (Zone 7b). Also have some brassicas that have germinated - safe to leave them in the GH if we're looking at mid 20's?
Our greenhouse is usually 10-15 degrees warmer than outside. We have roll-up sides that stay rolled up most of the year. We do keep them down on cooler days and nights this time of year.
Hoss family,
I just started a 12x12 garden in my backyard. I’m in zone 8b(central Texas) and I I don’t have a greenhouse or a heat mat. I tilled the soil and in a few days I’m getting some composted manure delivered. I’ve bought your seeds, and trays to get a jumpstart on the spring season. Do you have any tips for me to have a Successful garden without a greenhouse or heat mats. Thank you and God bless.
Put them in a warm room inside. Most things should germinate okay without the heat mat, with the exception of peppers.
Can I plant a succession plot of sweet corn behind potatoes or another crop of corn in the same rows?
Sure you could. I might would put the corn rows between where the potato rows were. Assuming you were using 3' spacing on potatoes, that would work perfect because you'd then have 3' spacing for the sweet corn.
I bought a pack of cherokee tan pumpkins last year but didn't get a chance to plant them. Also bought packs of spineless beauty, Golden prize and rattlesnake beans with plans to plant for a late summer crop. All of these have been kept in the refrigerator in a ziplock. Would you say they would be ok to plant or should I just start fresh?
They should be just fine. You might see a slight drop-off from the listed germination rate on the packet, but not much.
So if you don't have the drip tape to use what would be the best fertilizer to use? Or does it require more of nitrogen or phosphorus, potassium which do you prefer to put on them to help them grow. Ty
20-20-20
Waiting for my roselle, and cowhorn peppers from you guys. Zone 9b I hope I don’t plant them late.
May I ask, How soon can I transplant my tomatoes, when my last frost is March 1st?
They growing so fast, they have 2 sets of true leaves and the 3rd one is coming, I started them on January 17.
Any ideas why they growing so fast?
If your last frost is March 1st, I would try to get them in the ground a week or so after that. Sounds like you're doing a great job growing them. If they start to get "root wrapped" in their current cells, might consider stepping them up to a larger pot so they don't become root bound and experience a good deal of transplant shock when putting them in the ground.
Any tailored tips for zone 4a and b?
Afraid not, but if you post any questions on our Facebook Row by Row group, we have many gardeners in those zones that will comment and are so helpful.
Love your show! I'm growing all Hoss Seeds in my spring garden this year. I will be planting the Red Snapper and the Bella Rosa tomatoes. I don't want to use cages. Can you explain the method you use for tying up you tomato rows? Thanx and keep that great info coming!
We use the Florida Weave on those. Here's a video showing how we do it.
Look up the josh statin way of tying tomatoes. I’m going to try it this yr.... looks very interesting 👍
With tater season coming up. Can you plant taters in a bucket the same time as you do the ground? Or would you need to wait a few weeks?
Should be the same.
Hey guys! Great show as always. You guys convinced me last year to try and rotating some cover crops into my garden. I am planning on some succession planting this year and want to try and get some cover crops in before my later crop plantings. I am in Ethridge TN, zone 7B and I am having trouble figuring out how early I can get some of these cover crops in the ground. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Don't know how cold it is up there, but it's been pretty cold here the last few days. Might want to wait until it warms up a little bit to get some decent germination. Winter rye will germinate in pretty cold temps, but it will certainly take longer than if the soil is a little warmer.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the reply. I am hoping to get something in the group by the end of feb so it can get up in time to do its work before my typical early may plantings
Can I grow watermelon directly over the top of my lawn?
you could, but I would not recommend it. Once the vines start running, your lawn will be covered and possibly die.
Sling. Blade. i'm so here for it.
When you measure soil temps, what depth do you check?
Consider how deep you'll be planting the seed or transplant. I would then check the soil temp at that depth.
Great show as always!
I've been using a small greenhouse I got off amazon and it came with two different covers, a green and a clear plastic. If I use the green cover I assume I will need to harden off the transplants before planting time. Could I get around needing to harden off the plants if I grow all my seedlings using the clear plastic cover or does the clear plastic provide too much sun to the seedlings? Lets assume I properly vent the greenhouse during the day. Thanks!
We normally just set ours outside for a week or so to harden them off.
Probably a good thing I haven't had an account feature. If my wife could see what I've spent at Hoss Tools... think new car... I would be in trouble. :) I plant by environmental queues as well... when my wife says get your butt out there and plat me a garden!
So just to confirm, in order to actually get the seedless watermelons to be seedless, you still need to grow them with a seeded diploid watermelon nearby in order to pollinate them?
That is correct.
@@gardeningwithhoss thanks! It was interesting to learn about, thanks for sharing!
great show
The gout problem wasn’t from the chicken it was from the brown whiskey, or the flour on the chicken.
I wasn't sure which one caused the gout, just know he consumed a lot of both.
Help! It's March 29 2022. I have a 162 tray of Cukes, Brandy wine tomatoes, Summer squash, water mellons and expensive seedless water mellons about March 10. They were put on top of my gas fireplace about 80 degrees and kept moist. I put them under a wall mart all spectrum grow light before they even came up. Germination fine. But I think all are leggy. Even the seedless watermellons seed leaves are 2.5 inches above the soil. The squash are 4 inches. I know I can plant the tomatoes deeper than the root ball but what about the others? The squash fall over and half break. Can I plant them deeper?
Try putting them outside to harden off and see if they pull through. Sounds like they needed more light.
Thanks for the info , especially on the fertilizing. Do you fertilize about every 10 days? And how much 20/20/20 for 1 35 ft row? Thanks
Every 2 weeks is probably a good target for the home gardener. I'd say about 0.5 lb per 35 ft row per time. You can see how the plants respond and adjust if necessary.
Only time I ever heard the word triploid was when my brother ordered triploid grass carp for his pond.
Yep. Triploid carp are sterile too!
@@gardeningwithhoss I get it now, thanks !
There’s triploid trout in the NW that are farmed by the tribes up there. tho the big sale was they grow twice as fast because they are sterile, not so. Nets break fish escape and guess what there’s a huge problem with those fish mixing with native fish. Glad watermelon can’t escape
@Donna Stormer If your watermelons start "escaping," we've got big problems. 😜
I’ve never grown watermelons before, on average how many melons will you get from one plant? I want to know how many seeds to plant because I have 7 grandchildren and they love watermelons.
Also I grew pumpkins last year and didn’t realize how much the vines would spread out, needless to say we had pumpkin vines crisscrossing all over the place. Are watermelons like that too? Do you recommend trellising them? Because of our pumpkin vines getting out of control, I ended up trellising them on our fence and that worked out great.
Thanks for sharing your garden knowledge, love your videos.
Watermelons will vine quite a bit as well. We mow alongside our melon plots to keep the vines contained within the plot. You can probably average 3-4 melons per plant, but that will vary with variety. I wouldn't trellis them because they are so heavy. I have seen some folks trellis the smaller varieties, but they have to use panty hose or something similar to make a sling for them once they start getting larger.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you so much, that’s very helpful to know! My grandkids are excited for the watermelons!
How do you plant seedless watermelons in containers since seedless watermelons require a pollinator seed..
Thank you..
It is really hard growing any watermelon in a container.
Now you know why we in South Carolina loves our mustard based BBQ sauce. Now you just need some pork and a smoker.
I have a bet going that Greg will finish that sausage off🤣