Easy Watermelon Support/Sling/Hammock for Vertically Grown Trellised Watermelons
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we are making a quick and easy watermelon sling using pieces of fabric from a shirt that I don't need. If you are growing watermelons vertically, they will need some support.
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love your channel great tips
You are awesome to add and share the amazing praying mantis. 🍉💚
Glad you liked it!
Awesome idea
Great idea and very resourceful. Thanks! Also love the praying mantis footage ❤️
Thank you. I have been struggling with old socks. lol
Pantyhose will work. There's a dude in Hilton Head who makes a trellis out of bamboo, gets the watermelon growing up it, and supports it with Pantyhose.
For some reason it was so hard to find a video about this! This would be a common problem for heavy veggies on a trellis so idk why it was so hard to find a video about it! THANK YOU!
I used an old shirt once and tied it on the trellis. It looked by the baby carrying stork. I also used a wide mesh net tied up the same way. Also for newer folks, watermelons and others like it will move resources to the stem area to thicken it up in order to hold itself up.
Yeah I have heard that too but I am not going to risk it. Even if the watermelon doesn't snap away from the vine prematurely because of a thickened stem, the watermelon could fall because of the weight or even wind, pulling the vine down with it, maybe split the watermelon open , especially if the vine isn't anchored to the trellis very well. My plants are only growing on a tomato cage.
That DID grow quickly!!
Thanks for showing my favorite insect. Praying Mantises are very beneficial.
Nice! 🍉💖
Thanks Christa. You've given me some great ideas with your video.
Sooo cool! I just released preying mantis in my garden this week. Nice sling.
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thanks for the tips
Great idea my friend! So simple and efficient 😊
I have to try watermelon this spring. Looks intriguing.
Im growing watermelons and honeydew I will be putting all of them up this way. Thank you so much! My watermelon looks like yours did when it was small hopefully mine will grow as fast as yours!
Thanks so much it’s really helping me.
Glad to hear it!
Very cool! I like your idea. I found a baby watermelon on my plant today. Hope it starts getting big!!
Thanks for sharing this vedio.Very informative,i will try doing this one.New friend here.From Kansas.
Have you ever added diluted hydrogen peroxide to the soil in your containers?
I just read the abstract of a study published inJournal of Plant Physiology October 2008 that proved adding H2O2 to the soil increased sugar production and overall sweetness of the melon significantly.
I initially Googled H2O2 + watermelon to see what concentration is safe to apply to leaves as an anti-fungal, and this grabbed my attention!
Thank you for your advice and know-how!
Its my first year growing watermelon s... and in 5 gallon buckets. Love this idea! I have lots of old t-shirts, but no nylons which is what I've seen used instead.
I love your watermelon videos I also love planting my watermelons a lot🍉🍉
Glad you like them!
Haha, thanks for uploading timely relevant content! My first two icebox melons are hanging right onto the ground, but there are a few that are starting up that will need slings. Cool praying mantis footage, they're so weird!
Me too, I have lucked out with two of my watermelons, they are sitting right on the soil in the pot. Yeah they really are creepy but such great little garden helpers.
I liked the whole video, but especially the snacking praying mantis. QUESTION: Do Bush Sugar Baby watermelons need to be supported by slings?
I love your watermelon videos, so helpful can't wait to start. what is the name of the mini watermelon? What watermelon should I get smaller for pots? thanks
Wow 9 days!! Did you self pollinate? Great tip with the sling! I hope we have some praying mantis that will eat our bugs!😉
Hi friend like 👍
Thank you 👍
I loved it, still want to see the other idea, but I didn’t see the link
Thank you! Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/kM9_W0y9Ubs/w-d-xo.html
Is the water melon an organic raised ? Is it a direct seed growing to the ground ?
Are you always successful in hand pollinating? I definitely get success but some don’t make it.
I don't do it very often, the key is to make sure you are using enough pollen. Try to get pollen from several flowers.
After your watermelons reach their final size, do you stop watering? Ive read you're supposed to let them dry out in order to get sweet. I have a few watermelons right now that had a brown tendril since last week. I know in your previous videos you've said to wait at least a week before picking(especially yellow moon & stars). Last year I picked all my melons once the tendril dried up, and they weren't very sweet. Hoping this last week + no water will work.
I have heard that as well but it just so happens that I usually get a bunch of rain around harvest time. My watermelons are always sweet.
Hmm do you have to vine up the watermelons growing in containers? I was thinking of just letting them sprawl...
Yes, you can let the sprawl.
I have problems with my watermelon’s leaves turning yellow. What can this be?
Have you ever grown a desert king watermelon? How does it taste? I live in the desert
Yes I have! It was pretty good. Here is a video where I harvest one and cut it open. th-cam.com/video/RqH263Uk_uo/w-d-xo.html
Hello, I like your channel. Do you sell the Alibaba seeds? I´m interested.
Thank you! I don't. I order them from rareseeds.com
How do you keep bugs from eating your watermelons?
The plants or the fruit? I never had problems with bugs eating the fruit until yesterday, I found a green caterpillar eating on a watermelon rind. It really only damaged the outermost part of the rind, I think it will scar and continue to grow. Bugs do eat on the leaves of the plants but I don't worry about it too much because the damage isn't severe. They aren't defoliating entire plants or anything like that but if it did become an issue, I would spray. If I see something, I pick it off and squish it. This year, I am seeing stink bugs, squash beetles, and cucumber beetles on them. Are you having problems with bugs and if so which bugs?
I want which pest control used
I am not using any pest control at this time, it hasn't been needed.
Where do you live that your watermelon growing well
Ohio, United States
Should I make a sling or put some fabric underneath my spaghetti squash that is growing?
I want to eat your delicious watermelon😋😋
I'm having a hard time getting my watermelons to grow they keep on rottening after 9 days 😪 any tips or suggestions?
try to hand pollinate. They may not be getting adequate pollination
Agreed.
What location are you in?
I am in Southern Ohio, zone 6.
You could have shortened the video by 45 seconds if you would SHARPEN THOSE SCISSORS😀😉
poor bug lol jk
Super Super.....Water Melon Down here are $10.00 ea....crazy....and to me there not that Great although I've found jubilee Melons Very Good.
That is nuts! Is that roadside stand/farmers market prices?
@@ChristasGarden It is...all the Big Store have the same type of Melon(Small Seeds in it) not that tasty.
Same road side price here on the Texas Gulf Coast last year, $10 ea.