Planted mine from greenhouse to garden about june 1 and it set for about 2 or 3 weeks and put on two or three leaves, then in the last week it now has the first runner about 18inches or so long. I tried the 2ft deep post hole refilled with composted horse manure, about a gallon of christmas tree mulch and about a quart of worm bedding and about a cup of cottonseed meal and a 1/2 cup of bonemeal ... I mixed this stuff all together and filled the hole and put about 6 inches of garden soil on top and put the watermelon set in it... so far so good and it is running over a 100 degrees every day here now.
The race is on.. first round vs the post hole second group... LOL!
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Hangin on for dear life!
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