Back in Roswell NM my dad taught us to harvest a watermelon and leave it in a cold water well for hours. OMG on a hot Roswell day, that ice-cold watermelon was the best I ever ate.
From South Georgia and been in Atlanta for 30 years! That field makes me homesick from childhood melon fields and watching grandfather harvesting 🍉! Painful watching you eat it!
I love the “real” watermelons. All I ever find are the little seedless that really are not that good. People that have never had a farm melon do not know what they are missing. We use to grow black diamonds. They were huge! The orange meated were the best. Seeded melons are so much better. Thank you.
Seedless watermelons are delicious if home grown. Like anything else needing shipped they often get picked to early or when it’s wet causing low sugar content.
Grew watermelons in South Texas for forty years, me personally l love the oversize fruit for the simple reason, the bigger the sweeter, but our buyers claim that 18 - 20 pounders are the consumers demand at the supermarket. Our farm average was around 200 acres per season plus another 100 of fall melons.(very difficult to grow on account of disease). Good luck with your oversize fruit they are very beautiful. Retired farmer from South Texas.
As a boy, 50 years ago in Northeast Tennessee, we had Watermelon suppers, after the evening church service. What a wonderful time everyone had eating locally grow watermelons, grown along the Nolichuckey River.🖋
You really did an awsome job with your vacation time, like the say "You reap what you sow" and you did an excellent job! Thanks for sharing and update us on your next harvest. The person who mentioned selling them for $5 each; where I live they sell for $7 and it's only 1/3 the size with seeds compared to yours. Awsome!
I am so impressed! Even though I can see it’s obviously very large, it’s still heavy for its size which is another great indicator of an awesome melon. Wow. You must be proud of this, I sure would be!
Actually, that only one of 3 methods to determine melon ripeness. The other two are: 2) a pale yellow underbelly 3) a hollow sound when thumped in the center (this one requires practice) Keep in mind that melons in the market don't come with tendrils.
Try this one for number four. First set melon up and down just like it grew in the field place the middle digit of your middle finger over the blossom end now press in with the tip of your middle finger. This is how buyers for large grocers do it. By the way I can't make it work either but its how they do it. Lol!
That was a massively beautiful patch of melons and those are the ones we used to harvest back in the day. And I agree Jubilee's are THE BEST melon for all those awesome qualities of any melon.
I agree on the taste of watermelon with seeds. That was all that used to be available, and they were always delicious! I hardly ever see them for sale anymore. Always see the watery, no flavor, seedless variety
This is really lovely. I'm realizing that this is two years ago is that's why I can't even ask you for a piece . I have learned how to know when watermelons are ready for reaping. Thanks for info.
Hi Brett nice to meet with you trough CZcams, you … cutting and tasting your super size gorgeous watermelon made me wanting to jump into your farm and share the other half with you, pity I would have to go back in time .Regards from Toronto. I love watermelons❤️
I'm 54 now but when I was a kid my grandpa would get a watermellon on his way home from work on friday...my mom and her 5 sister's ,2 brothers and their families would gather at grandpa and grandma Armstrong for lunch each Sunday after church.......the watermellon was always the satr of the show ....Grandpa could always pick a winner ......thank you so much for reminding me of those good day's ........I appreciate it more than words can express.....
Man, what an inspirational video. My family bought a watermelon from the store and i was looking at the seads. I got the bright idea to sow some of the seeds , in one mound. If it takes off , ill grow a patch next year.
Stallion where will you get seeds, most of watermelons are seedless nowadays. Seedless anything is going against Gods Word. Wake up people and smell the coffee. Man thinks he can better Gods creation.
I can eat a whole watermelon per day. The Walmart kind that are as you said 15lbs. This is inspirational. I’m going to plant this at my 10 acre fruit farm in between the trees
I bought melons that big from local grower last summer. They were so sweet and good. I sat down and ate a half of one at one time. I was so stuffed. God it was great.
I am going to be growing watermelons this spring and summer to donate to our local homeless shelter and food bank. I have been having such a rough time finding consistent info on growing and harvesting. I hope my melons are half as good as yours.
Those are very nice , you mentioned mulch in one of your reply’s to a comment, I’ve been attempting to grow watermelons for the past two years with very little success. Could you share with me how do you use mulch and when you’re planting do you put the fertilizer a few inches under the seeds in the hole.
Brett you reminded me when I grew watermelons and I sold them off the back of my pickup great to see such enthusiasm , "GOOD ON YA MATE FROM AUSTRALIA"
The way you was sounding while you were eating that big piece of watermelon made my mouth water. I could hear the moisture. I love this juicy fruit. Tasty and profitable what a great combination. Peace and good health always.
Great video Brett, I grew up in NC on a tobacco farm, and we would have 1 to 2 acres of watermelon each year. That was always an unspoken challenge among the farms there ,who could grow the largest and I have seen and eaten the harts out of a few myself. post more videos if you grow anymore. Thanks
My Mom's dying wish was for watermelon and she didn't get any unfortunately... I've ate 14 watermelons for her since 6/11/21 to "eat one for her".... she's eating ones just like in your video in heaven!!!
I grew up in a small little town called Indiantown, Florida. The Beaches grew some of the finest big watermelons 🍉 I’ve ever seen or ate the hearts out of. You did a great job!
1st - jealous of your land! Man how awesome it would be! Thats a nice profit from your vacation and I much rather play in my garden than go to Hawaii too 😉👍🏼
I'm so proud of you!!! Incredible. I too take vacations like you.....lawn chair is in garden and I watch the drip tape like I'm sitting at a beach looking at ocean haha. I planted Jubilee watermelons this year and IM SOOOOOOO thankful for you video.
@@melonking1 I doubt I will be watermelon Queen like you watermelon King but I planted 12 plants here in Arkansas....sooooooo maybe they will produce 10,000.hahahahaha (I know I'm delusional but I can dream.lol)
Brett Hoffman : Thanks Brett for your amazing video on growing the best and biggest Jubilee seeded watermelons , with a gargantuan solid pink fleshed super sweet 55 pound beauty !!!
Here in West Ky. the tendril's dried up a month before the Jubilee melons were ready. I had to wait until they got bumpy skin and a yellow belly. They were perfect in taste and sweetness.
Yes Sir! I highly recomend Jubilee and I also love Crimson sweet. Early summer wait a few more days after the curly que dries for perfect ripeness, but latter on in late summer you can pic time the curl dies and dries.
Brett, what about plastic mulch, drip irrigation, fertilization, foliar fertilization, and funguicides? You did a great choice to spent your free time! I'm doing the same but planting moringa trees in north Mexico. Thank you for your information!
Jubilee watermelons are a great watermelon. Sugar content ,color and texture, one big Jubilee will give you both seedless and seed fruit in the same melon is what I tell my customers. The big heart will be seedless and the rest of the fruit will have seed. The only problem with large Jubilees is most people can not handle such a large melon and do not have room for it in the fridge. But they are a really great melon. You did a great job growing you melons and it is great in seeing someone take pride in doing so.
Wow, It was amazing. Love growing watermelon in my farm in Sri Lanka. By the way, is it possible for me to obtain some seeds, as what we have in Sri Lanka seems to be much smaller? Thank you.
Wow!That is a great watermelon.Look like the watermelons that my father grow in the country.It brings back some memories many years ago.I lived in the country,and loved to walk through the watermelon field and find the biggest watermelon.Wow they tasted so good.Keep up the good work!!
Thanks for posting the video. You got me beat for sure. One thing missing from your vid is where your from. I grow melons in Michigan and the growing season is much shorter than say Georgia. Last year I planted around 15 plants first time, and was astounded at the growth of some of those plants. One particular plant had 13 melons, and like yours were at least 15 feet in circumference. Of all the garden my biggest melon was 38 pounds. This year I set a goal of 40lbs. I hit 41lbs this week with plenty more to ripen. I planted Allsweet (biggest) and a few Jubilees. Jubilees so far not as big as the Allsweets, but haven't matured fully yet. Anyway, the reason I'm writing is your comment saying "I don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of this melon". Dude here's what you do....juice some melons! Let me tell you watermelon juice is almost better, tastier, and easier than eating the melon. Not only that, watermelon juice is packed with vitamins and minerals too numerous to list here. I use a Breville Centrifugal juicer (recommended). From a 55 pound melon you will get at least 3 gallons of juice. After juicing I then put the juice in half gallon ball jars and freeze. I fill my freezer full of these Jars a drink watermelon juice year round. By the way I believe freezing actually makes the juice even more flavorful than freshly juiced. I have given up drinking pop completely for a full year. That can only be better for ones health for sure! Enjoy!
Those giants used to be the watermelon of choice 20 yrs. ago here where I live in the south. Now all you can find is the round small ones & maybe a mid sized one even at the farmer's market. Some of the new ones are pretty tasty if you catch them right,, but I do wish we still had the choice of getting a really large striper when you want it. Ha,, regardless,, it's on my shopping list to grab one next time I hit the store. I always cave to the power of suggestion & that 55 pounder did the trick!
Nice melons! Plenty of those things grown in GA. They're top of the line but I'll take a Crimson myself if they're available. Long as they have seeds they're all good........
It looks like you're growing seedless watermelons in your later videos. Just wondering why you switched? Was it a yield issue, or sales? Or was it for another reason?
Back in Roswell NM my dad taught us to harvest a watermelon and leave it in a cold water well for hours. OMG on a hot Roswell day, that ice-cold watermelon was the best I ever ate.
From South Georgia and been in Atlanta for 30 years! That field makes me homesick from childhood melon fields and watching grandfather harvesting 🍉! Painful watching you eat it!
I love the “real” watermelons. All I ever find are the little seedless that really are not that good. People that have never had a farm melon do not know what they are missing. We use to grow black diamonds. They were huge! The orange meated were the best. Seeded melons are so much better. Thank you.
I've always said the same. Seedless watermelon are missing something in the texture and the sweetness.
@@stupaod 💯
Seedless watermelons are delicious if home grown. Like anything else needing shipped they often get picked to early or when it’s wet causing low sugar content.
Grew watermelons in South Texas for forty years, me personally l love the oversize fruit for the simple reason, the bigger the sweeter, but our buyers claim that 18 - 20 pounders are the consumers demand at the supermarket. Our farm average was around 200 acres per season plus another 100 of fall melons.(very difficult to grow on account of disease). Good luck with your oversize fruit they are very beautiful. Retired farmer from South Texas.
Can I ask you some questions
I been growing watermelon my whole life my grandpa got me into it just love it.
As a boy, 50 years ago in Northeast Tennessee, we had Watermelon suppers, after the evening church service. What a wonderful time everyone had eating locally grow watermelons, grown along the Nolichuckey River.🖋
This guy is the Watermelon Farming Final Boss
It looks delicious!! I really love to have a piece of this beautiful watermelon 😋!! God bless you and your farm!! Just great product!!!
You really did an awsome job with your vacation time, like the say "You reap what you sow" and you did an excellent job! Thanks for sharing and update us on your next harvest. The person who mentioned selling them for $5 each; where I live they sell for $7 and it's only 1/3 the size with seeds compared to yours. Awsome!
I could eat watermelon all day every day
ME TOO
TheBlank Man very very good
I am so impressed! Even though I can see it’s obviously very large, it’s still heavy for its size which is another great indicator of an awesome melon.
Wow. You must be proud of this, I sure would be!
My mouth is watering watching you eat that melon.
Ayoo fire fe dat
Great tip about the dry tendril letting you know it’s ripe! Love this video.
Actually, that only one of 3 methods to determine melon ripeness. The other two are:
2) a pale yellow underbelly
3) a hollow sound when thumped in the center (this one requires practice)
Keep in mind that melons in the market don't come with tendrils.
Try this one for number four. First set melon up and down just like it grew in the field place the middle digit of your middle finger over the blossom end now press in with the tip of your middle finger. This is how buyers for large grocers do it.
By the way I can't make it work either but its how they do it. Lol!
@@carlsutherland3730 😂
The smile on your face when you weigh that 55 pounder says it all. You clearly love what you do!
That was a massively beautiful patch of melons and those are the ones we used to harvest back in the day. And I agree Jubilee's are THE BEST melon for all those awesome qualities of any melon.
I agree on the taste of watermelon with seeds. That was all that used to be available, and they were always delicious! I hardly ever see them for sale anymore. Always see the watery, no flavor,
seedless variety
Thank you! You taught me the name of the watermelons I like. Never knew..just called it the long ones with black seeds.
It would feel so good to see a field of watermelon
@Phil Hall kkkikkkvv
Oh my 😔 let's all remember, especially in this time, that not all of our humans are free to do this.
This is really lovely. I'm realizing that this is two years ago is that's why I can't even ask you for a piece . I have learned how to know when watermelons are ready for reaping. Thanks for info.
Please what is the variety of this watermelon??
@@mahersala7751 Jubilee
Hi Brett nice to meet with you trough CZcams, you … cutting and tasting your super size gorgeous watermelon made me wanting to jump into your farm and share the other half with you, pity I would have to go back in time .Regards from Toronto. I love watermelons❤️
I'm 54 now but when I was a kid my grandpa would get a watermellon on his way home from work on friday...my mom and her 5 sister's ,2 brothers and their families would gather at grandpa and grandma Armstrong for lunch each Sunday after church.......the watermellon was always the satr of the show ....Grandpa could always pick a winner ......thank you so much for reminding me of those good day's ........I appreciate it more than words can express.....
The watermelon you're grown is the ones I wish they sale in the stores.
I know I'm two years late but I still feel the same.
Facts
Man, what an inspirational video. My family bought a watermelon from the store and i was looking at the seads. I got the bright idea to sow some of the seeds , in one mound. If it takes off , ill grow a patch next year.
Stallion where will you get seeds, most of watermelons are seedless nowadays. Seedless anything is going against Gods Word. Wake up people and smell the coffee. Man thinks he can better Gods creation.
They are always full of seeds when i get em. Plus dad gave me some heirloom seeds.
Where can l get this seeds in south africa
And what is the name of the seeds
I can eat a whole watermelon per day. The Walmart kind that are as you said 15lbs. This is inspirational. I’m going to plant this at my 10 acre fruit farm in between the trees
i love your garden man its so simple
I bought melons that big from local grower last summer. They were so sweet and good. I sat down and ate a half of one at one time. I was so stuffed. God it was great.
When it pops like that it’s a good one
Question did you prune them? Did you cut several melons that was on one vine?
This guy knows his stuff! Grocery stores RARELY get melons exceeding 20 pounds and out here in California I don't see the jubilees at all 😢
In new Jersey and Delaware
You can find that water melons
I am going to be growing watermelons this spring and summer to donate to our local homeless shelter and food bank. I have been having such a rough time finding consistent info on growing and harvesting. I hope my melons are half as good as yours.
Those are very nice , you mentioned mulch in one of your reply’s to a comment, I’ve been attempting to grow watermelons for the past two years with very little success. Could you share with me how do you use mulch and when you’re planting do you put the fertilizer a few inches under the seeds in the hole.
Brett you reminded me when I grew watermelons and I sold them off the back of my pickup great to see such enthusiasm , "GOOD ON YA MATE FROM AUSTRALIA"
Heck yeah man! 👊🏼
By the way great job. I think you should make a video on seeding to harvest.
The way you was sounding while you were eating that big piece of watermelon made my mouth water. I could hear the moisture. I love this juicy fruit. Tasty and profitable what a great combination. Peace and good health always.
Love how the dog helps water the watermelons
Great video Brett, I grew up in NC on a tobacco farm, and we would have 1 to 2 acres of watermelon each year. That was always an unspoken challenge among the farms there ,who could grow the largest and I have seen and eaten the harts out of a few myself. post more videos if you grow anymore. Thanks
"Wow" is right! Very helpful and very exciting, thanks!
I’m stoked to be growing jubilee watermelons for the first time this year! This video is great!
My Mom's dying wish was for watermelon and she didn't get any unfortunately... I've ate 14 watermelons for her since 6/11/21 to "eat one for her".... she's eating ones just like in your video in heaven!!!
Awesome you must be so proud good on you, i'm giving this a shot for sure in Australia
Thanks man try it!
I grew up in a small little town called Indiantown, Florida. The Beaches grew some of the finest big watermelons 🍉 I’ve ever seen or ate the hearts out of. You did a great job!
Thank you!
I'm so jealous. I can almost taste it. It sounds so crunchy
Please what is the name of this variety of watermelon?
1st - jealous of your land! Man how awesome it would be! Thats a nice profit from your vacation and I much rather play in my garden than go to Hawaii too 😉👍🏼
I'm so proud of you!!! Incredible. I too take vacations like you.....lawn chair is in garden and I watch the drip tape like I'm sitting at a beach looking at ocean haha. I planted Jubilee watermelons this year and IM SOOOOOOO thankful for you video.
Sweet! Let me know how they come out and if you grow a bigger one than me 😉
@@melonking1 I doubt I will be watermelon Queen like you watermelon King but I planted 12 plants here in Arkansas....sooooooo maybe they will produce 10,000.hahahahaha (I know I'm delusional but I can dream.lol)
@@melonking1 hello Brett can i have your crop care?
@@melonking1 what is the name of this variety?
Wow. Watching him eating on that beast made me drool. I want some !!!!
You made me smile
What fun...!!
Tell us your fertilizer magic
Certainly love your presentation...!
hey Brett have a questions how has the soil prepared to.give you good quality watermelon
Brett Hoffman : Thanks Brett for your amazing video on growing the best and biggest Jubilee seeded watermelons , with a gargantuan solid pink fleshed super sweet 55 pound beauty !!!
Scarboro Sasquatch Station
Here in West Ky. the tendril's dried up a month before the Jubilee melons were ready. I had to wait until they got bumpy skin and a yellow belly. They were perfect in taste and sweetness.
Yes Sir!
I highly recomend Jubilee and I also love Crimson sweet.
Early summer wait a few more days after the curly que dries for perfect ripeness, but latter on in late summer you can pic time the curl dies and dries.
Crimson Sweet is my favorite.
Brett, what about plastic mulch, drip irrigation, fertilization, foliar fertilization, and funguicides? You did a great choice to spent your free time!
I'm doing the same but planting moringa trees in north Mexico.
Thank you for your information!
Wow happy to see your amazing fruit watermelon grow so big
Jubilee watermelons are a great watermelon. Sugar content ,color and texture, one big Jubilee will give you both seedless and seed fruit in the same melon is what I tell my customers. The big heart will be seedless and the rest of the fruit will have seed. The only problem with large Jubilees is most people can not handle such a large melon and do not have room for it in the fridge. But they are a really great melon. You did a great job growing you melons and it is great in seeing someone take pride in doing so.
Wow, what a successful harvest. I'm so proud of you. I hope that I can get at least 1 watermelon for 2020 in my garden.
Ikr
That's all I want for Christmas. If I can get just a single melon to grow to harvest I would be happy.
I love watermelons, growing melons has changed my life completely 🥳🥳 from a pleasant farmer to a millionaire 💵💵💵
these melons are great what variate did you plant?
This was a great video, that thing had a growl opening up.
great work Brett
Beautiful water melon. Good work . From Saipan CMNI near Guam. Best harvest the pound is amazing. Thank you sharing.
Wow, It was amazing. Love growing watermelon in my farm in Sri Lanka. By the way, is it possible for me to obtain some seeds, as what we have in Sri Lanka seems to be much smaller? Thank you.
What did you put on that patch to keep it from getting disease? Mine are almost done and my plants look like it.
Wow!That is a great watermelon.Look like the watermelons that my father grow in the country.It brings back some memories many years ago.I lived in the country,and loved to walk through the watermelon field and find the biggest watermelon.Wow they tasted so good.Keep up the good work!!
Bende çocukken köyde yaşamıştım ve neden bahsettiğini çok iyi anlıyorum kardeş 🤗
Thanks fer the melongasm....sure looks great !
I just planted my 1st watermelon crop , what fertilizer can I use ?
I love the seeded watermelons.
You can use the seeds and roast them.
16g of protein per serving.
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
Now THAT'S my kinda vacation ! Ever notice that a mature melon is the same size, weight and shape as an adult bassett hound? :-)
I love water melon 🤗🤗🤗
U Go young man . my knees hurt WACHING YOU.😅
WOW now that's some watermelon.
Bravo wonderful watermelon‘s and my gosh what a blessing to have that property congratulations!
Thanks for posting the video. You got me beat for sure. One thing missing from your vid is where your from. I grow melons in Michigan and the growing season is much shorter than say Georgia. Last year I planted around 15 plants first time, and was astounded at the growth of some of those plants. One particular plant had 13 melons, and like yours were at least 15 feet in circumference. Of all the garden my biggest melon was 38 pounds. This year I set a goal of 40lbs. I hit 41lbs this week with plenty more to ripen. I planted Allsweet (biggest) and a few Jubilees. Jubilees so far not as big as the Allsweets, but haven't matured fully yet.
Anyway, the reason I'm writing is your comment saying "I don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of this melon". Dude here's what you do....juice some melons! Let me tell you watermelon juice is almost better, tastier, and easier than eating the melon. Not only that, watermelon juice is packed with vitamins and minerals too numerous to list here. I use a Breville Centrifugal juicer (recommended). From a 55 pound melon you will get at least 3 gallons of juice. After juicing I then put the juice in half gallon ball jars and freeze. I fill my freezer full of these Jars a drink watermelon juice year round. By the way I believe freezing actually makes the juice even more flavorful than freshly juiced. I have given up drinking pop completely for a full year. That can only be better for ones health for sure!
Enjoy!
Glad you liked the video. These were grown in Washington.
@@melonking1 you should try Ali baba
@@melonking1 you should always save seeds from more than one plant so you can preserve genetic diversity trust me you don't want inbreeding depression
Hi @AdrepKeith please from which variety did you get 13 melons? do you prune you Jubilee melon?
@@kevinkarlos3827 I think the 13 melons came from Allsweet. No I don't prune....should I?
Enjoy it. Made me hungry for watermelons. See that you really enjoyed farming watermelons. Best of luck.
I am water mellon farmer and i am happy for you.I wish i can get those seeds
That is a huge and beautiful watermelon!
Great job man, and thank you for sharing this good video,
My thumbs up
👍👍👍
I'm lusting for a bite of that jubile man I can feel the gardening fever !!!
Big Brother, te felicitó, yo lo voy hacer también, pero en Nicaragua en mis próximas vacaciones
Those giants used to be the watermelon of choice 20 yrs. ago here where I live in the south. Now all you can find is the round small ones & maybe a mid sized one even at the farmer's market. Some of the new ones are pretty tasty if you catch them right,, but I do wish we still had the choice of getting a really large striper when you want it.
Ha,, regardless,, it's on my shopping list to grab one next time I hit the store. I always cave to the power of suggestion & that 55 pounder did the trick!
Can you tell me how long it takes for a jubilee to ripen once pollination happens? Awesome video
What a great video to watch thanks man.
Nice melons! Plenty of those things grown in GA. They're top of the line but I'll take a Crimson myself if they're available. Long as they have seeds they're all good........
that quality is amazing.
lol im watching this while growing in libya , nice watermelons you have sir !
Thank you!
Nice job man they look delicious
Amazing.. what was your water and nutrition guide???
Great info man!
Beautiful watermelon. Hope it taste better than ones from grocery
Incredible video! What part of the world are you growing your watermelons in? Those results are indeed impressive.
Thanks! Washington State, USA
Great video! I really need some of them melons.😊
Have you grown the charleston gray variety?
Where are these grown? What state and dates of planting? How long till harvest for Jubilees? thank you.
How many inches of rain per week do these plants need to thrive?
I’ve never seen or bought such long watermelon before
waw you left me swallowing my saliva. I tried the same and fail but this time around you encourage me. thank a lot.
55 lbs.!!! That's a first grader, wow! I planted jubilee this year. Hope mine are half that size; fingers crossed.
How did you manage, some advice please! Mine only reached egg size and got rotten.
What state are you in, what are the tricks to grow that huge watermelon, great job,your the boss man.
It looks like you're growing seedless watermelons in your later videos. Just wondering why you switched? Was it a yield issue, or sales? Or was it for another reason?
Seedless is easy to sell.
I have a watermelon plant and it got literally so huge so quick it’s take over the yard lmao
my dad just harvested some jubilees 2 days ago and they are huge.. and delicious and my oh my the starbrites are bursting with sugar
Please tell me, what kind of fertilizer did you used?