Tricks to Growing Watermelons

Today Greg takes us through the garden and shows us some ways to be successful with your watermelons in the garden.

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0:00 Start
0:25 Planting Watermelons On New Ground
0:39 Importance of Using Drip Irrigation When Growing Watermelons
1:28 The Best Way To Fertilize Watermelons
2:34 Fighting Blossom End Rot In Watermelons
3:10 Benefits of Pollinators in the Garden
3:45 The Most Important Tips To Be Successful at Growing Watermelons

[nesq]

All I did was throw seeds outside in a compost and all of a sudden I had 10 watermelons. Never watered them or cared for them. It was a pleasant surprise

[lunaticgaming]

If there's ONE THING I listen to, it's the voice of experience...

[jeffweaver]

As soon as i heard wortermeluns’ i was sold

[farmergirlofchickens]

I did not know they have shallow roots. I’ve never fertilized but I’m going to now. I know neighbors that won’t grow watermelons because they take up so much room. I actually take my vines and continuously keep spiraling the vines around the plant as they grow. This keeps down weeds because they are in more shade and I can till around them longer. I’ve never had a melon crowding problem with cantaloupes or watermelons training them this way.

[d-rayphelps]

Thanks for taking the time to share this with us!!! Appreciate you

[brucetec]

I like how he said one thing us southerners know is how to grow watermelons. I'm in the south and all my watermelon plants died so that gene skipped me 😪

[lisabrown]

Sending this video to my husband! Can’t get enough of growing watermelons!

[riversideacres]

Love growing watermelons. Last my biggest two were 31.0 lbs and 27.6#. Aiming for that again this year.

[sloppynds]

Just planted my garden this evening . I useally place all the plants on the soil and then stand back and study the sunlight and how tall the plant will grow and if it will block sunlight to other plants. I move them around like chess pieces before I make a finial decition. Im also growing strawberrys from dollar general seeds.

[dallesgonzalez]

I live in a very hot and humid part of washington and recently moved into a new house and the yard was literally dirt for a year and then had the irrigation water going this summer and it constantly just sprays out in my backyard so its caused it to become quite overgrown to my suprise recently have found full and flourishing watermelon crops and now i guess i grow watermelons lol

[marie-eves]

Wow I've learned so much in one single video, thank you so much! I will apply those good tips to my watermelon crops! Thank you!

[lauris]

Living in Eastern Europe its very rarely that you can grow a watermelon without extra care. But mostly we need to be lucky to get good weather. And also if summer is like 18-22 degrees celsius. Watermelons simply doesnt want to grow. Cause its pretty cold at night too.

[paulgroth]

You folks are awesome! I am a beekeeper and pollinate the local produce farms, they tell me that they noticed a huge increase in fruit once they had the proper pollination. On another note I purchased your drip irrigation package. One of the best things I ever bought, can't believe I waited this long to try drip irrigation. Your complete kit worked perfectly after I turned the 1 way pressure reducer in the proper direction of flow... do you raise hogs or cattle? Noticed some gates and barns behind you.... Thanks for you help!

[WildBearFoot]

Planting flowers helps bring in pollinators, try to get local wildflower seeds though.

[mark-mandysnode]

How do you control weeds throughout the season? Do you use pre-emergent weed control? Thank you for your information.

[kevintodd]

Only fed organic fertilizer gives the best taste, you could use rock phosphate, or bone meal for P fish emulsion for N and chicken litter/egg shell for calcium. K is found in wood ash.

[georgettawoods]

Great information and thank you for sharing.

[heysuz]

I’m going to put in a couple of seeds again to see what I can get (might just be knowledge of how not to do it next year) but something dug up the last seeds I tried.

[learninggrowmyown]

Thanks for the knowledge of growing watermelons 🍉

[Hatfield_Country]

I'm growing Baby Doll watermelons this year from seed that I bought from ya'll. I can't wait to see how they do!