Watermelon

[Fisher Lou]

Anyone have any tips on planting watermelon? Ive tried in the past with no luck. I have good sandy topsoil mix that works well with other veggies but my watermelons never produce. Im going to till a 10' x 30' this weekend. Any suggestions will help, Thanks. Louis

[kyle2601]

I have tried in the past as well with no very good results this time I planted my along my fence in a seperate area from the garden in hopes to water more and not suck my garden dry when I do water. We will see what happens.

[Meadowlark]

Lots of organic matter...e.g. manure.

[BEER4BAIT]

Start indoors early in sandy potting mix, lots of food and water organic works best or 12 24 12

[beer catcher]

My dad actually had some growing at his house. He threw out the watermelon rinds that had some seeds stuck to it, and out of no where he had a watermelon patch in the middle of his yard. It produced 3 good sized and sweet melons.

[Fishin' Fool]

The best luck I has with watermelons was when I used to raise chickens in a pasture. I fed the chickens an old Hemstead melon and they passed the seeds in the pen. The area really got wet in the winter so I moved the pen to higher ground. When I went mow the grass down in the spring - the whole area was full of some of the biggest melons I have ever seen. Never had much luck trying to grow them on purpose but they worked great on accident. I guess they work best if you just plant them in really fertile ground and leave them alone... or get you a bunch of chickens and well, you know, wait till spring... :tongue:

[Pocboy]

Move to La Vernia where all we have is sand. We grew some nice watermelons last year but they took over the whole garden. I'm going to prepare a separate bed for some watermelons and cantaloupes.