Growing Watermelons Part 2

problems with growing watermelons - how to tell when they are ripe?
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• water
• melon
• watermelon
• growing
• vegetables
• kiya
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• permaculture
• ripening
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• garden

[bobboberan]

oops did you polinate them or did the bugs cross with squash or pumpkin ? I know I won't be successful this year mine are just starting now and they are the size of very small peas in zone 3 no chance for them its the second week of august I will see frozen tennis ball sized melons in about a month to month and a half .

[kiyafarm]

Too bad about the seasons changing, we are just heading back towards spring, so soon it will be my chance to redeem myself and grow some monster watermelons!

[palui]

looks like you have a child of an F1 hybrid there. as said previously, they're not going to give you a true-to-type since the fruit are from two pure lines. i doubt it's a cross of a squash and a melon. possible but doubtful, judging by the look of the fruit. anyway, good on you, my friend. let us know how you fair next year when you try watermelons from good seed! cheerio.

[kiyafarm]

Thanks for the feedback, yeah I definately agree with you and that I ended up with some wierd hybrid. Anyway, next year I will definately plant fresh watermelon seeds, just to prove that I can grow nice fruit! check out my grapefruit video to see some real produce from my garden!

[irish420Hitman]

..........its amazing how exited you can get waiting to see if its ripe:S

[ocbc1975]

Dude that is a yellow watermelon quite delicious and not as common as your pink variety but are sweeter and usually have less seeds. Awesome flavour mate enjoy. They are ripe this is a normal yellow watermelon variety.

[alpertdon]

that is a yellow melon variety !!. i bought watermelon seedling and got a surprise when i had a closer look at the tag. there is a yellow variety of melons available from buntings in australia.

[wansbek1968]

I am going to give watermelons a shot next summer. I use heirloom varieties and I saw an orange variety in the catalog I am going to try. I know here in the US, different varieties do better in different parts of the US. Since I am in the south, just about every variety does well, but the proof will be the in the finished product. Don't give up on the watermelons, give it another try, it's worth it.

[tompaultompaul]

I hear ya mate... I grew em once before too, feeding em fish fertilizer and they ended up tasting like bloody fish. so theres my mistake in gardening. Too funny ey. cheers tp

[tara37830]

if you had like the seedless type, the males of that type are well not that good to eat, the females have the red and the white seeds. Not sure if you eat those type thou. I want to know if i can grow a plant 100% indoors and never take it outside seeing its kinda late in the season and i have a packet of seeds from last spring i never planted.

[mrsbiscuitt]

My watermelons are only the size of fists, they are rottening. Getting black spots on them. Why is that and is there anything I can do about them.

[Marcoosianism]

@eddie68000: Yes, of course. That would be Monsanto Terminator Seed technology. Look up those three words. A disgrace to humankind.

[dochawk08]

you have a yellow fleshed watermelon, dont expect them to get red, red does not mean ripe if you have yellow melon. Keep up the good work. one tip, press down on them firmly while on the vine, if you hear a cracking sound it is ripe. Go ahead and pick it.

[joseluisflores45]

when you put a knife in the watermelon and it crackes it is ripe

[watercopper]

I notice if there is too much grass or mulch on or around the grown the grass hold the moisture it makes the watermelon start to rot on the bottom before it is ready to ripe.I usually build a mound and plant the seeds,they seem to grow better like that.you need an area that they can grow just on the ground with not grass or mulch.they need the air circulation, and water as needed .Hopes this helps.