How I Grow Watermelons From Seed to Harvest - ft. Two Awesome Varieties

Let's explore growing watermelons from seed to harvest and the steps I take to grow these awesome fruits. I'll show you how to grow Watermelons throughout the whole process, and we'll grow 2 interesting varieties - Gold in Gold watermelon and Moon & Stars watermelon.

In this grow guide, we'll cover questions like how to grow watermelons from seed, how to plant watermelons, as well as things like pollination, fertilizing, watering, how to tell when watermelons are ripe, plus a taste test of course!

I'm excited to be sharing this Summer growing journey with you, and I hope it helps to give you some insight and inspiration to grow your own delicious watermelons in your garden.

Extra Watermelon Growing Tips:
- Watermelon seeds need warm temperatures to germinate, at least 18c (65f).

- If you have a short Summer growing season, you can get the seedlings going somewhere warm indoors so they're ready to be transplanted once it's warm enough.

- I try to avoid starting them too early in Spring as you want them to continue with their seedling vigor into rapid growth through nice warm Summer weather. They grow especially fast when temperatures are 25c (77f) and above.

- You can get varieties that grow and mature faster than others, so have a quick google of your chosen variety to see if you have a growing season long enough to suit the amount of days that variety needs to mature. For example: Gold in Gold variety matures around 70 days from transplant & Moon & Stars needs a longer season at 85 days from transplant.

- Watermelon seeds can also be sown directly once the temperature is warm enough outside, and works best if you live somewhere with a season that caters for the full length of time that these take to grow.

-Above all else, if it doesn't work out well the first time you grow them, have another go next year! I've failed multiple times growing them in the past, but this is the best way to learn, grow and become a better gardener!

Wishing you all the best with the growing, and let me know how it goes! :)

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Varieties
1:19 Starting Seeds
1:50 Setting up garden & planting
4:00 Mulching
4:24 Fertilizing
4:48 Flowers & Pollination
5:26 Watering tips & fruit forming
7:07 Rapid Growth
7:21 How to tell when ripe & Harvesting
9:42 Tasting the watermelons
12:22 Good luck with the melons :)
12:41 Bloopers

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[TheKiwiGrower]

I hope you enjoyed the bloopers at the end 😝

By the way, I’ve put a few extra growing tips in the video description which might help.

Feel free to share the video with anyone that might be interested and thanks heaps for watching! 🌱 😊

[dwgryphon]

You honestly must be one of the most patient and organised youtubers! Every time I watch your videos I think about what a job it must be to take all this footage, store it, then sort through it and edit it together for a consistent narrative that sometimes spans months or years! But it pays off; every video is a delight. Thank you for doing what you do!

[deathwishxx]

I am a 17 year old who hardly goes outside and I have never planted anything in my life, somehow I still find your videos very entertaining and I've been subscribed for a few months already lol

[rootkit]

Unfortunately I often find gardening videos annoying, without any structure or just click baits... But your channel!! It's pure joy to watch it🌱🌱💚💚

[AfafAhmed]

Ye he he, I can see the Bottle gourd in the Background which you have used in your previous videos, That was Really a Superb video.

[JenniferA]

Great video, thankyou for this… really good editing skills 👍👍👍

[therudimentroom]

I cannot get over how large your plants grew in such a short time! They look amazing

[mohammedalhadithy]

One have to appreciate the great efforts you put on these videos!
They're very entertaining and informative

[sclarke]

I absolutely adore your landscape. I would live at that location today! The view is awesome. I love farming and chickens around the yard. Oh!

[thethmh]

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[munimulhoque]

It's very nice to see someone enjoying the fruits of his labour..literally

[Ontariosaurus]

This is soothing in a way that only individuals who love plants and are from New Zealand can deliver on. As a Canadian with harsh winters and fleeting hot summers I really want to grow more when I can.

[Gadsdentreadlightly]

I'm in south Louisiana USA. Quick tip if you have a bit too much wet weather or want to allow them to ripen on the vine longer to encourage extra sweetness, rotate the melons on the vine to keep the white / yellow spot on the bottom from turning into rot.

[firesalamander]

For transplanting anything in the Cucurbit family, it seems that any root disturbance is basically a death sentence, so your newspaper idea is fantastic. Biggest thing is to remember that trying to plant multiple plants in a single container that will require separation upon transplanting will ruin your melon dreams.

[melanieallen]

your videos are amazing, informative & very Inspiring!!😍Thankyou!!

[josephjarata]

Sir im so happy to discover ur channel. Its really very helpful and informative.. thank u.

[mahendrachannel-ippg]

always success bro, greetings from Indonesian farmers

[jerrytawam]

Very helpful and educational, I am watching from Papua New Guinea. Thank you.

[jamiestewart]

You've motivated me to germinate every seed I find and see what happens!!! 💚👍🏽 Thanks mate

[mythilikrishna]

Hey I am from India 👍. I appreciate your efforts. This one is awesome . Tasting the fruit and describing it taste is very happy to see . Keep it up 👍