Growing Watermelons In Containers-Part 3-Tips-Hand pollinating Flowers-Baby Watermelons!
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2020
- In this video, we will take a look at the watermelons growing in pots and the watermelons growing in the ground. We will also talk about hand pollinating flowers and I will share a couple of tips with you. If you would like to follow the progress be sure to subscribe. Check out my previous videos in this series or if you would like to see how I grow watermelons in the ground you can check out that playlist, both are posted below.
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One thing I forgot to mention in the video, when hand pollinating your watermelon flowers, it's best to do it early in the morning shortly after the flowers open up for the day!
You should give a warning before showing pollinating, it made me want a smoke after that.🤣
Thanks so much for the updates🥰
Brilliant, what a great voice .
hi, rewatching to see what I may need to do to my watermelon.
Your voice is so calming.I could listen to you all day 😊 I'm starting to grow in containers..I'm glad i can across your video because you just showed me I'm doing everything right .. and I see my stems are long and leaves are big and green 💚 the only thing I didn't do was pollinate 😢but the thing is, you just explained just what I was looking for.. thank you very much 😊 it's 8 am. here, and my flowers are open, so I'm going to pollinate right now.. Thanks all the way from Detroit
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, this is my first year growing watermelons and I feel way more confident then I did earlier!!
Wow they are healthy watermelon plants. I'm a 1st timer watermelon grower. My plants just started to have small watermelon fruits after I hand pollinated them. Hopefully the fruits will grow bigger hence the vines are only growing in medium size watermelon 🍉.
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Kia ora from New Zealand Christa. I'm so glad I found your channel - which was by accident when I was searching how to save pansy seeds and got a link to your channel. You have so much good information on your channel and I am particularly interested in the watermelon videos as I plan to grow them for the first time this year. We love watermelon but it is so expensive to buy here in NZ. Interesting to see that I will 'help' them along with fertilizing - exactly what I did with my pumpkins and squash this year - and I had a bumper harvest recently. Looking forward to viewing more of your great videos. Thanks and take care.
Hey .. everyone Moniee-Mon, is listening thanks for the info vedios keep doing what'cha do best God bless ya!.
أنا من عشاق زراعه البطيخ الأحمر وأحب ان أزرع أنواع لأصناف متعدده لكن المشكله الأساسية التي تواجهني هي عندما ترتفع درجه الحراره إلى 50 درجه مئويه ...وأنا أشكرك على هذه الفيديو أنتي فتاه مبدعه
Nice video!
Tks so much with this tutorial information
Thanks for the update it’s really helping me with my first year growing watermelons .
You're welcome. I am glad it's helping!
Me too. Appreciate the tips about what’s normal for a variety
I always plant on the ground but now i am followin u an goin to plant it in pots .
Very very helpful video. Thank you so much for making it.
Glad it was helpful!
Answered all my questions Thanks
Beautiful water melon 🍉, good how to pollinate flowers, thanks for sharing to us such an amazing informative and educational
Thank you!
Looks Really Good.
Thanks. :)
I live watermelon. Hopefully I can start now. I'm in Phoenix AZ
Good to know about the Royal Golden watermelon. Tried to grow it last year but the whole plant stayed yellow. My seeds for Royal Golden sprouted a few days ago, and once again, the seedlings are yellow. I plan to pay more attention to try to grow it better. Just really debating between letting it crawl on the ground or try to trellis. What would you suggest? Also trying Sugar Baby this year.
Thank you for the great videos I’m doing mine now and they are growing in solo cups until I plant. So far the leaves look great but they are leggy no idea why I bring them outside daily . Wil this be a problem?
I believe I know why I haven't gotten a watermelon yet now. For some reason, I can have blooms in the morning and in the afternoon they have closed or even wilted. I seen yesterday something different and from the this video, it's a female bloom with the fruit under it. Hopefully it will make it. Thanks for the video.
Hi i am a new learner for planting watermelon and i have very limeted spice please advise is it better to plant it with trellis or on the ground
Hi. I just found your videos, so sorry if this question has already been answered. What fertilizer do you use for watermelons in containers? I’m gonna try sugar baby for the first time (it’s only my second year gardening, last year I did carrots, beans, tomatoes and some squash)
I am trying to grow melons for the first time this year. Starting with Sugar Baby watermelons in containers. Hopefully I will have some success. I enjoyed watching your video as it was encouraging to watch.
I hope you have great luck with them. Thanks for watching!
HELLO Angela LOL I found you on Kim’s channel and christas what a coincidence!!
I wonder if copper fungicide would work on watermelons as well as it does on tomatoes.
Can you please do a video on container Seedless watermelons..
I need help with planting a pollinator seed with regular seeds in 1 container.. Thank you..
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How big are your containers? How many seedlings did you put on each?
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Thanks for subbing!
Have you grown black diamond? Trying for my first time that variety. Grew one single baby bush couple years ago. I've learned much since then. Going to try again armed with new knowledge thanks to you.
I don't think so but will probably try that one at some point. You're welcome!
When do I start to give it fertilizer? Liquid or granules? Does it like fish liquid? Thanks.
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This has been the most helpful video that I have seen on CZcams regarding watermelons. You mentioned several varieties. Do you have a source for which you go to to buy your non GMO seed I've been trying to look for the Alibaba seed and though there's a lot to choose from I was curious of a source that you might refer to. Thank you so much. By the way I am a first-time Gardener. Because of limited space I am planting tomatoes and watermelon variety called ice chest in a raised garden bed called a city picker plus I also had a raised bed made for me where I have tomatoes and a small sugar baby watermelon. Thank you for the great tips.
A lot of my watermelon seeds are from Baker Creek but I have also purchased seeds from many other seed companies and had no issues. The Ali Baba seeds are from Baker Creek. Seeds sold by seed companies in little packets that cater to home gardeners are never gmo. I don't know why so many companies feel the need to label their seeds gmo free, maybe because people ask all the time or maybe because it's a marketing thing. Gmo seeds are sold to famers in large quantities, mostly things like corn and soybeans. Oh yeah, I have seen those city picker planters, they look pretty cool! Good luck. I have plenty more videos on watermelon growing if you want to check them out. There are several playlists over on my page. Thanks for watching and for the nice comment, I am glad it was helpful to you! Good luck with your garden and even if you fail at a few things don't let it discourage you, consider it a learning experience and try again.
@@ChristasGarden thank you very much for responding. I thought GMO meant that I could use the seed from my crop to re-seed for the next season? Also I have been following you from when you first planted those watermelons in those containers. I will keep watching to see the progress. I also noticed that you cut off the rest of the growing vine just after the fruit. I had read that is was helpful in getting a larger fruit. And then I saw it on your video. Anyway thank you so much if there's an ability for me to show you a picture I will attach a picture of a melon that I'm growing in a container I'm just so proud because I have one Haogen melon already. :-)
@@Synwright, I never cut my vines! With fungal diseases slowly killing the leaves on my watermelon vines, I do not help it along. Once the leaves are gone, the plant is dead. You must have seen that on somebody elses video, I can't do it to my plants. Also, it sounds like you confused hybrids with gmo. Awesome! Glad your melon growing is working out so far. Good luck.
@@ChristasGarden thank you for getting back. I re-watched your video and clearly I did not see that on your video and I must have had it confused with another video. Thank you for straightening that out for me. I will go and research hybrid vs. GMO cuz I believe I must be confused please understand I'm new at this and watching a lot of videos and so it's easy to get things confused I'm so glad you straightened it out for me. :-)
Hi! Thank you for this video. How many plants are in each pot? What type of Trellis in the pots?
One plant in each pot. These are upside down tomato cages with stakes. I made a whole series on how I did everything. You can find it on my page, third row down. Thanks for watching!
I have no experience with watermelons and just got some from Home Depot, they came in 6 pods. I was going to do container planting, am I able to plant more than one in a 20 gal planting bag?
I would probably one plant one, two at most in a twenty gallon container.
I have been told by some large watermelon growers that you need to wait 4 years to grow watermelons in the same spot again (field grown) , this will greatly cut down on the repetitive disease cycle .
That may be true with a large scale farming operation but it's not always possible for us back yard gardeners. This year and last year I moved my tomatoes, they were starting to look rough after growing them in the same spot for 20 years, lol. My in ground watermelons are in a new spot last year and this year after 5 years in the same location. Disease was starting to show up a little earlier in the season, although they weren't doing bad and they were still giving me a nice harvest in that location. Rotation is not a bad idea if you have the space for it.
So do you recommend a straw bed under the pots ?
My pots were in my garden and the garden is mulched with straw. You can put your pots wherever you like.
Hi i am new learner I would like to try growing watermelon may I know is it easy to grow watermelon
It really depends on where you live and your climate, but it can be pretty easy. I have tons of videos on growing watermelons over on my page if you want to check them out.
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I snapped one of my watermelon vines this morning trying to wind it up my trellis :(
Hello is it too late to plant my 10 wk old watermelon seedlings planted i know im really late but i moved a lot happened is it to late?
It depends on where you live and when your average first frost date occurs. Here is a planting calendar, you can plug in your zip code and it will give you a planting timeline. Hope that helps! www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar
@@ChristasGarden im about 3wks late? Will i be able to still plant? They are still alive I'd hate to get rid of them. Well garden experiment.
I live in Ohio also. What's the latest I can grow watermelons?
I am in southern Ohio, near the river and I wouldn't start them right now but you could try. I think it will really depend on our September weather. Watermelons like warmth. Here is a free planting calendar, just plug in your zip code. www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar
What kind of fertilizer you use
When I made this video, usually Miracle Gro all-purpose fertilizer. Now I alternate between Miracle Gro and True Organics tomato and vegetable liquid fertilizer.
What zone are you in?
I am in Ohio, zone 6.
How do u stop animals from eatting ur plants
I don't have too many issues with animals eating my plants. I live in a rural area and there is plenty for animals to eat besides what is growing in my garden. Sometimes deer will eat my sunflowers. One year an Opossum was eating a bunch of my tomatoes. I have three cats so that might help.
@@ChristasGarden I just moved to a 36 acre farm in MD and I have apple an pear trees and cherry trees and I have a few more things to do that is for the help
@@deja332 Nice! Congratulation on your new home. I also have pear trees and haven't had any issues. Hopefully you won't either.
Golden Midget is a midget. Compact variety. The vines are suppose to be small.
Have you grown this variety? My plant seemed finicky and stunted the whole season. I was able to get a harvest though. Everything I have read, from several sources, says the vines are long. The fruit is small, in the 3 pound range. The only watermelon variety I have ever grown that is supposed to have short vines is the bush version of Sugar Baby.
I grow it every five years or so depending on how much seed I’ve shared. I didn’t mean Sugar Baby compact. My vines are always much shorter than any other variety I’ve grow. I’m tempted to grow it this year now.
@@ginnyoneill3555 I might try it again somewhere down the road but I am done with it for a little while. Of all the varieties you have grown, what is your favorite? I am a big fan of both Klondike Striped Blue Ribbon, and Congo. Right now, those are my faves but are subject to change, lol. Ali Baba is also good, it does well in my garden and growing conditions.
I didn’t think I had a favorite, but Orangeglo and Ala Baba popped into my head. I’m not planning to grow them this year. But I keep wanting to add Orangeglo. I want to experiment with containers and trellising this year.
Hey .. everyone Moniee-Mon, is listening thanks for the info vedios keep doing what'cha do best God bless ya !.