Looks like you guys have a fun operation out there! Just a tip that will drastically increase your profit margins (unless you have unlimited acreage). Your row spacing is WAY to big. Even in the watermelon you only need a few feet between rows. If you can see bare ground between rows your wasting land. those vines should be knee deep from one edge of the field to the other. Especially with the fresh veggies, all the space you need is enough to get your tractor tires in there.
@hondadrift The soil nutrition program you talked about can be beneficial but i would still suggest taking samples every year to make sure you are depriving your plants of needed nutrients.
@MaizeValleyWinery:Ok.I planted mine 6' apart.shoot guess i can plan more melons then. I'm working a garden thats 85' long and 45' wide.I was worried that the melon vine's might choking each other out,the row are 9' apart.
@modernblacksmith Hey, we pull up the plastic each year and start new, usually rotating to a different field. I have seen it reused but not as you say with watermelon, usually with crops without as much trash left behind like peppers etc.
Thanks for the video. I have never had success with melons. Maybe the tips will help. I make wine as a hobby. My brother and I are considering starting a winery using local native muscadine grapes. I have tried watermelon wine. I am still working on the recipe. Im looking to add different fruits to give it more body. Do you think the local farmers would consider selling the melons left in the field for the juice?
Watermelon wine is hard, not much sugar, lots of water, It likes to rot. Probably adding a concentrate your best bet if you want it to taste like a fruit roll up. Start with quality fruit no matter what.
Muscadine is a rather limiting grape much like many of our native american varities. You can do it you just have to know your market and customer expectations. I know down south it is about the only things that grows in the heat.
@carolinatinpan Hey sorry I missed Ur comment from 8 months ago! I'd stay away from fruit no matter what kind it is that is left behind. The first thing in making good wine is starting with the best ingredients possible and with culled fruit ya just never know. Muscadine I know is about all southern states can grow due to the heat, it is a versitile grape but also has limitations on what it can end up as. I depends upon your market I suppose. Good luck!
Looks like you guys have a fun operation out there! Just a tip that will drastically increase your profit margins (unless you have unlimited acreage). Your row spacing is WAY to big. Even in the watermelon you only need a few feet between rows. If you can see bare ground between rows your wasting land. those vines should be knee deep from one edge of the field to the other. Especially with the fresh veggies, all the space you need is enough to get your tractor tires in there.
hondadrift 3 weeks ago
@hondadrift The soil nutrition program you talked about can be beneficial but i would still suggest taking samples every year to make sure you are depriving your plants of needed nutrients.
hondadrift 3 weeks ago
i'm new to this but ho do you make those plastic beds
chocolatebathsheba 4 weeks ago
How far apart did these get planted.It looks like the row are 9 to 10 feet apart, but in the rows the watermelon's look to be 2 foot apart.
mogges1 10 months ago
@mogges1 Yes, I think that is a 24" wheel we had on for that particular planting.
MaizeValleyWinery 10 months ago
@MaizeValleyWinery:Ok.I planted mine 6' apart.shoot guess i can plan more melons then. I'm working a garden thats 85' long and 45' wide.I was worried that the melon vine's might choking each other out,the row are 9' apart.
mogges1 10 months ago
is that plastic used one season only or can you save it? probably too much work to separated the dead vines from it.
modernblacksmith 1 year ago
@modernblacksmith Hey, we pull up the plastic each year and start new, usually rotating to a different field. I have seen it reused but not as you say with watermelon, usually with crops without as much trash left behind like peppers etc.
MaizeValleyWinery 1 year ago
Thanks for the video. I have never had success with melons. Maybe the tips will help. I make wine as a hobby. My brother and I are considering starting a winery using local native muscadine grapes. I have tried watermelon wine. I am still working on the recipe. Im looking to add different fruits to give it more body. Do you think the local farmers would consider selling the melons left in the field for the juice?
carolinatinpan 1 year ago
@carolinatinpan Thanks!
Watermelon wine is hard, not much sugar, lots of water, It likes to rot. Probably adding a concentrate your best bet if you want it to taste like a fruit roll up. Start with quality fruit no matter what.
Muscadine is a rather limiting grape much like many of our native american varities. You can do it you just have to know your market and customer expectations. I know down south it is about the only things that grows in the heat.
MaizeValleyWinery 1 year ago
@carolinatinpan Hey sorry I missed Ur comment from 8 months ago! I'd stay away from fruit no matter what kind it is that is left behind. The first thing in making good wine is starting with the best ingredients possible and with culled fruit ya just never know. Muscadine I know is about all southern states can grow due to the heat, it is a versitile grape but also has limitations on what it can end up as. I depends upon your market I suppose. Good luck!
MaizeValleyWinery 1 year ago
wow ! my seed are from localharvestdotorg sunny days farm. I hope i can grow one that big .
xrayzulu51 1 year ago
@xrayzulu51 Good luck, keep an eye on the weed control.
MaizeValleyWinery 1 year ago
i dont have any problem growing watermelon
sunsetreptiles 1 year ago
good video man.
mikebanawa 2 years ago
Thanks!
MaizeValleyWinery 2 years ago
lets us know how that goes ! good video
pintorsio 2 years ago