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Originally Posted by MendozaMark
Worth, you know/have any success growing either watermelon or any type of melon in the hard clay soil with Texas heat? I have had very little success here but put very little effort in it. I have had both produce fruit but then they just stop growing and everything just wither away. I haven't actually tried a real variety here just a few volunteers that popped up. Butternut squash does great for me which may or may not be a useful point. I would love to get some smaller melons to grow here. I do have a melon stealing dog but i have fenced him off as long as the vines stay inside.
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I haven't tried yet but the Texas heat makes no difference.
Normally in this area the get ripe around July.
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Originally Posted by BigVanVader
Yeah, orange/yellow melons are sweeter to me, I like to grow mostly orange varieties myself, but if you have deer near you better have them fenced. I lost a whole field in one night a few years back.
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We used to have this problem until we hung smelly work clothes up along the fence.
Worth