Help with baby watermelon?
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wayne123 Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 06 Jun 2010 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:02 am Post subject: Help with baby watermelon? |
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I have 5 Baby water melon plants in my green house and i have a few questions about them.
1. Do they need to be staked up as part of the plant has a stem that seems to want's to climb with small vine that wants to cling to stuff?
2. Does anybody know roughly how many i will get of 1 plant and how big will they be?
3. When will i no when they are ready to be picked?
Hope i have explained it enough and you understand it.
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michael brenock Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 1275 Location: cork
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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the melons can be grown without supports but are better with some supports, canes and wire so that the fruit is above ground level. Allow 2-3 main shoots to develop and remove any surplus shoots including side shoots. Feed with a liquid feed as fruit is developing. You can expect 6 to 10 fruits per plant. it is ready for harvesting when it stops growing and changes colour to a yellow or brown colour. it is really ripe when the stem end starts to wither and the fruit begins to go soft at that end.
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