How To Grow Melons The EASY Way!

Hey Neighbor! Growing Melons does not have to be a hard task! Our Lazy Garden kit can help you over come the challenges of growing melons. What are the challenges of growing melons? Correct Irrigation and Weed Control are two of your biggest concerns! By using the Lazy Garden Kit it helps you overcome both of these issues at once! Get Dirty and Let's Garden Together!

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0:00 Start
0:39 Types of Melons
2:40 How to Start Melon Seeds
4:57 Best Weed Control for Melons
6:00 How to use the Lazy Garden for Melons
8:33 How to Prepare your Soil
9:33 How to Set Up Irrigation for Melons
15:09 How to Plant Melon Transplants
17:33 How to Prep a Plot for Melons

[Dale-pe]

I like to grow the old timey seeded watermelon. I don’t have a problem with the seeds but really prefer their flavor. Last summer I planted cantaloupe. The first two ripe i washed and cut up for the fridge. Had cantaloupe for breakfast. Oh my they were just plain good. Take care of mama hoss’s cantaloupe. I really enjoy your videos on melons. Thanks for your help. It’s one of my favorite summer treats 🍉

[RangerTom]

I don’t like cantaloupe much either but I grow it for others. I will say that the homegrown cantaloupe is much better than what you get from the grocery store.

[batzzz]

Makes me feel good. Got 7 of 10 seedless started my first try. I will take dumb luck for the win!

[skyland]

I just watched the other melon video and was about to recommend something like this because I tried it with my watermelons for the first time last year and it worked great. It kept the weed pressure down and since the mud splashing up on the leaves after it rains causes a lot of other problems, it eliminated that completely. Now I'm off to order some of the melons you recommended in the other video! Congo, and some cantaloupe and honeydew which I haven't grown before for the same reason as you but my wife and daughter love them so here we go...🤷‍♀😆

[WhatWasIThinkinHomestead]

Your plants are always so beautiful. Happy homesteading! 🙏🏻❤️

[johnrock]

Big snowstorm here Hoss. All of your pepper and Tango celery seeds are up and growing well. All inside yet. Thanks

[RealBradMiller]

I don't grow watermelons, but I am growing a few types of personal sized melons. 🥂
I'm particularly excited for squash and gourds this year!

[garyweaver]

I grow melons in Phoenix AZ plants love our 115° hot blistering summer sun. Desert soil is powdered rock it has zero food value for plants 15-15-15 fertilizer is what I use to grow melons plus lime to prevent BER = bottom end rot. It is easy to grow 35 lb. melons. It is very common for each plant to grow 20 melons.

[danielleterry]

Thanks for giving me the idea of putting my drip irrigation under the weed fabric, I also plan to put shavings on top of my weed fabric to make the ground darker and cooler.

[lawsonlawnandfarm]

I can’t believe yall already planting water melons! We just started ours yesterday. Going to try that this year and see how it goes instead of direct seeding them

[jtharp]

I'm growing these now, I purchased these from yall last year, and they were wonderful,
I just planted them on hills, like my cucumbers 🥒.
I'm looking forward to how many we get this year .
Mrs j
Montgomery County, Texas 🙏

[lorriebrown]

I'm growing sugar babies. And black Dimond watermelon. Got my seedings ready now.

[deltorres]

Last year I was very successful in the Canary melons cantaloupes, a regular watermelon. I’m gonna try to grow a yellow skin watermelon this year plenty of squash, pumpkins
But I am watching you because it’s always good to learn. I’m only been four years in gardening first year was horrible but I’ve been successful from now on been watching a whole bunch of y’all.

[fayebailey]

I am always in learning mode, thanks for sharing your knowledge, best practices and tips.😊

[nikolateslawirelessradio]

Like you I'm also a watermelon farmer along with cantaloupes and banana melons. What I do differently than most is this: When I plant the transplant, I put a small stake at the root ball so I can find the roots later. I plant the melons 12 inches apart . Then allow them to grow until they are about 12-24 inches in length.
Its here that I deviate from the rest of growers. I make sure I have 2-3 good vines going. (max of 3), cut away the smaller ones (if there is more than 3) Then I gently stretch out the 3 vines so they are straight. Cut away any suckers (like you would on tomatoes). Then just let these vines grow nice and straight., always cutting away the suckers which can be a daily choir. Each vine will produce one nice sized watermelon, occasionally 2. You can expect each vine to grow 8-12 feet long. It is so easy doing it this way, weeding is a breeze because you simply along the vines and weed. I fertilize heavy when transplanted and again when fruit begins to grow. I use weed control cloth around a 3 foot perimeter of the root ball for weed protection.

[christinehbailey]

I haven’t ordered yet but was wondering about putting drip line under. Looks good, adding to my list to order!!

[jawick]

Very happy with your great, tough trays. Worth ever penny. As are your tools and seeds.

Here in the deep, deep South (on the border with Mexico), it's best to direct seed unless seedless.

[MrSymbolic]

Great video for learning, but here in Southeast Texas we have already had 2 straight weeks of 100-102 F Heat Index and it's May 23rd, so the Melons are already feeling the heat and no rain is coming down at all, another stupid Hot Summer and the Gulf Surface Temp is already over 80 F, so Hurricane Season is primed and ready to go !

[curtisgore]

I have found that watermelon helps me in the summertime with the heat. It helps way more than water or Gatorade.so I'm interested in growing some and maybe juicing some

[MrSmirkster]

This was an irrigation video, not a grow melon Video. I grow in the Mohave Desert. Altho we share the same grow zone 9, it is a very different beast in the desert. EVERYTHING needs a mid-day watering and say goodbye to flowering in July & August.... but it returns like the mother of all flowers when it starts to cool down in September.