Gardening: Edible Plants : How to Grow Watermelon

[Leowen2]

Indians as in Cowboys or the the other type.

[s6y9l]

That woman has never grown a watermelon in her life. I would advise a little more research if any of y'all are wanting to grow some melons. Just sayin'...

[Sashabooboo]

Thank You. Your video was informative.

[writeatcha]

Museums Online South Africa list watermelons as having been introduced to Native Americans in the 16th century. Early French explorers found Native Americans cultivating the fruit in the Mississippi Valley. Many sources list the watermelon as being introduced in Massachusetts as early as 1629. Southern food historian John Egerton has said he believes African slaves helped introduce the watermelon to the United States. (wikipedia)

[mrbig333333]

awesome vid so helpful

[MrBestinlife]

SSSSSTOP!Watermelon is a native to our homeland AFRICA......duh

not America!

*Presses play*

[ollieflp]

lol when the europeans came over.....

[timeinyourshoes]

some day ima grow up and respond harshly to helpful videos on youtube and use words like epic and fail and beiber and norris. yall are my heroes.

[trixiesmama828]

I don't agree on the negative comments - she has ALOT of experience in gardening & if you don't agree with her expertise, quit watching her videos....morons!

[pomelloknight]

what happens if they cross pollinate? a pumpkermelon?

[TheDubDoubt]

LOL what an idiot

History lesson FAIL

[itzmenukkah]

@xl3gi0n i agree she is stupid she tries to sound like an expert but she isn't first of all they are native to Africa like wat u said and second of all Europeans already knew of the fruit because they were introduce to it by moors invaders in the 13th century.

[ZeroCountdown1]

Are watermelons vegetibles? :)

[stevenbecky03]

I planted them right next to cataloupe and zucchini, I hope they don't cross. They are growing like crazy though, just about to flower.

[YolandaVanveen]

In your dreams dude...Yolanda

[ichimich75]

@YolandaVanveen what a terrible comment that was!

[Kylestyle05]

watermelons are from Northern Egypt originally

[TheBrassHole]

I eat watermelon, fried chicken, beans and cornbread, grits and greens...

[KLisaLisa]

This lady knows little about growing watermelons. It is an old wives tale about not growing melons near pumpkins, cukes, etc. The fruit will still be good even if a bee brings some of the pollen from a cucumber to the watermelon fruit. However, always buy seeds--don't try harvesting seeds from the fruit for the next year. Also it is difficult to tell when the melon is ripe by sound. Look at the tendril and leaf (spoon) closest to the melon--they must turn brown before the melon is ripe.

[irish420Hitman]

Why shouldn't we harvest seeds from the watermelon for next year?

[KLisaLisa]

You can save the seeds and plant them next year, but you may not like the results. You won't know where the pollen has come from that fertilized the female flower. I have allowed volunteer melons to grow and have always been sadly disappointed. The leaves may be easily susceptible to mildew, the melons don't taste as good, or get as big, etc. Part of me really hates to pull up volunteer melons, but I do it anyway and replace it with a variety that is tested and good.

[irish420Hitman]

Yea after I asked that I went studying a bit and I heard cross pollinated vegetables are subject to diseases, but isn't a "volunteer melon" a melon you just leave there hoping it will plant more next year? How do people get these seeds that we plant without them being messed up? like they must come from any ordinary watermelon am I right?

[KLisaLisa]

My volunteer melons come from composted melon seeds that didn't heat up enough before being spread in the garden.

Hybrids are a cross between 2 varieties, so I guess they isolate them and artificially cross them. I've heard farmers complain about the cost of hybrid seeds, and that they can't just harvest the seeds for the next year. I guess the extra work is why hybrid seeds cost more. As a home gardener, the cost doesn't seem too much and the benefits of disease resistance, etc is worth it.

[MrGameAndWatch00000]

@irish420Hitman it could be a hybrid

[Sofaqueens]

What in the world do you get when it cross polinates?

[baukiki]

I bought giant watermelon seeds from ebay.

Anyone of you have tried to grow this variety?

Is it sweet and big as described?

[idahodad1]

I have to use a heat tape in the soil at night where I live and I am having success at growing sugarbabies.

[rheots1991]

i have a watermelon plant in my backyard i have alot of buds and flowers and still no watermelons

i planted it about 3 or 4 months ago

still nothing

what should i do or should i just wait

[krazygarden]

I read bees need to pollinate the flowers on the watermelon plants before the fruit grows.

I've seen bees on my plants often. Maybe no bees in your area?

I think what I read, (can't find now) is there are two growths of flowers, the bees need to pollinate the first growth, the fruit develops from the second flowering.

[GriffinNary]

Have you checked just behind the flower? You should see a cute, tiny watermelon!

[thoughtchallenge]

They claim that you can paint the female flowers with the petals from the males, if the bees are not doing their job. If you need bees try bringing colorful flowers near your plants.

[bewarecrazyperson]

You must enter the seedy world of hand pollenation.

[lilgem250]

I would just wait. I was thinking the same thing and magically just this morning I found three baby watermelons growing where some of the dead flowerings were.

[loneleigh]

Exactly what i was thinking!

[gretscher]

I live in Los Angeles and it does not freeze here so does this mean if I started in spring and some grew by fall they will continue to sprout new ones during the fall and winter? Admittedly it can get pretty cold here at times but it does not freeze normally.

[FelipeSparx29]

coooool, thanks

[deeJayfirby]

This lady does not know a thing. They cant cross pollinate with squash and they are from africa. What a joke

[CreoleWun]

actually they can cross pollinate with squash. You will get "watersquash". Ive heard they wont rippen ( turn red ) but if there golden flesh and not bitter you can eat it but it won't be a "true" variety... I will look further into it since this is my first time trying. I know you need constant heat 4 sure. True they came from africa..

[ediblecrayonz]

And they don't have all that nutritious either, they're 95% water.

[rayme4raw]

@ediblecrayonz watermelons are a nutritional powerhouse. Watermelon has the most nutrition per calorie of common foods. Excellent source of vitamin c, a high beta carotene concentration & a fair amount of vitamin A. They also have Vitamin B, especially B1 & B6 and pink or red watermelons have a high content of lycopene. They have a lot of potassium & magnesium. They don't lose as much nutritional value cut & stored in the fridge as other produce.

[tmetry]

also they naturally grow in the desert, so you don't have to be that cautious.

[tmetry]

watermelons are from northern africa...

look it up on wiki

[ojgville]

I did, you're right.

[GodsOutlaw1964]

Thanks for the helpful info.

God bless