What's your favorite watermelon variety? Let us know! 0:00 Intro 0:36 When Are Sweet Potatoes Ready to Dig? 3:55 Seminole Pumpkins and Their Huge Vines! 5:47 How Do You Know a Watermelon is Ripe? 9:07 Tasting Yellow and Red Seedless Watermelons 12:01 Measuring the Sweetness of Our Watermelons
Oh my goodness, you have the BEST helper around! It just makes me happy to see you and Titus enjoying sampling those watermelons! You are raising that boy right letting him use his wolverine claw out in the garden! :) ❤
The Seminole pumpkin grows really well for me here in OH as well. I’m sure we don’t get as many fruits, but it is a really hardy pumpkin. I use the Brix meter for testing maple syrup! I can’t get watermelon to grow like you can, but I do have a dozen mature sugar maple trees 😁
Thank you for this video. It really made watermelon seed purchasing so much easier. I decided to go with the tropical sunshine 🌞. Can’t wait to try them😍
My Sugarbabies did very well really sweet and my chickens love them, also had Allsweet watermeleon didnt produce good rotten at the end, Now growing Mountain Sweet yellow looking forward for the yellow ones here in South GA.
My first year doing seedless in MN. I’m growing orange crisp, triple crown, and harvest moon from park seed and ultra cool from ferry Morse. Found I had great germination without chitting the seeds. Did the perlite and heat mat with humidity dome trick and they started coming up in 2 days! Should have ripe ones by august 10th.
Lol....Cool kid!! I miss mine being that young. Nate from Mississippi here. I'm subscribed to you. I'm a new Gardner. They say watermelon are tuff so it's what I decided to go with. Enjoying your videos.
Nice Travis. Those are some good looking watermelons with the brix reading being a bonus. 😀 I have 3 baby Doll and 1 crimson sweet sizing up. So far, looks to be my best watermelon season.
We plant Georgia Jet every year its our go to sweet potato we are also growing your South Anna Butternut for the first time they are beautiful plants 👍
Im old school I reckon, but I prefer the seeded watermelon. I don't know the difference on the names and all but back in the mid to late 80s when I was 6-10yrs old my uncle grew probably a acre of the large kinda long ones light green with the dark jagged stripes. They were awesome. Enjoy the channel!
Love the yellow ones. I didn't know what to call them as a child. Seen a sticker with the Texas flag on it so i named them "Texas Diamonds" very sweet. Hard to find in stores.
We grew summer breeze and sangria as a pollinator. We liked them everyone loved the sangria. What is your favorite tasting watermelon to eat? And if its seedless what is your favorite to use as a pollinator? Thank you!!!
The Cracker Jack seedless we grew last year was pretty amazing. I vary the pollinator every year it seems. I just try to pick something that looks different than the seedless ones, although I didn't do a great job of that last year. lol
@LazyDogFarm happy new year!!! thank you very much. I'll probably try that one. I was thinking about a gurneys tri-x variety. But i would rather try something that I can get first hand review from. Especially from a watermelon connoisseur. Lol now have to figure out what I want for a good pollinator type!!!
Do you alter your watering schedule for watermelons when they are almost ready? I have about 7 watermelons at different stages. Two of them have tendrils starting to brown.
One of my watermelons has a split which is about an inch in length, should I give up on this melon and take it off the vine or will it still be edible once it matures?? Thanks in advance!
Good video so I enjoyed it immensely I want to know do you have any seeds that you might want to sell because I would love to have some in my garden in the back of my house. Let me know if you want to sell some seats. Thank you very much.
Excellent video. Maybe you can be my guinea pig and grow yellow petite plants or leelanau sweetglo as your pollenizers. I want to see someone test out yellow petite if it is a legit sweet watermelon or not. Ive really liked ur seedless selection: trop. sunshine and orange crisp.
I live in lv and based on your heat units video am wondering if my watermelons are gonna stunted bc the heat pushes their ripeness too fast for them to develop full flavor.
That claw reminds me of marks a bear left on some of my watermelons awhile back. The bear was clawing them as he rolled them out of my watermelon patch and into my field corn to hide while he eat them. He wrecked my watermelons and cantaloupes and flattened much of my corn. Then he went to my neighbor's and wrecked his bee hives.
Goodness. I didn't know bears liked watermelon too. Might make me second guess chunking watermelon rinds in the woods when we're camping in the mountains this fall. lol
@@LazyDogFarm They're relatively rare here. They often move down from the mountains in midsummer, especially if there is a poor mast crop in the mountains. I've heard they can smell a watermelon patch dozens of miles away. Coyotes have raided my cantaloupes but never bother my watermelons. I guess you go to the Georgia mountains? My father's people are from Gilmer County, near Ellijay.
Good question. It's my first year growing them. Ideally, I think you'd want to wait until the vines start to die back and the skin hardens. That's usually how you tell with traditional butternut varieties.
If the tendril is dry, reach down with one finger and see if the stem will pop off. You should never have to cut a watermelon vine. This is a much better way to know if the plant has gotten all the nutrients and is ripe. Its similar to a canteloupe. A canteloupe is ready when you pick it up and the stem pops loose or pops loose on its own. We all know you should never have to cut a Canteloupe vine right?
What's your favorite watermelon variety? Let us know!
0:00 Intro
0:36 When Are Sweet Potatoes Ready to Dig?
3:55 Seminole Pumpkins and Their Huge Vines!
5:47 How Do You Know a Watermelon is Ripe?
9:07 Tasting Yellow and Red Seedless Watermelons
12:01 Measuring the Sweetness of Our Watermelons
I like the black diamond watermelon, I’m a new subscriber I really enjoyed your content 😊
Oh my goodness, you have the BEST helper around! It just makes me happy to see you and Titus enjoying sampling those watermelons! You are raising that boy right letting him use his wolverine claw out in the garden! :) ❤
Ty is adorable with his claw!!😊 What a good helper he is!
You are giving your kids some great memories.
Anyone can make good watermelons, but only a good and experienced farmer can make good sweet watermelons.
That boy is living my dream life: long hair, wearing nothing but shorts and cowboy boots, and picking watermelons with a wolverine claw...
Titus is so adorable and his hair is FANTASTIC. We have a Titus too but he is 15.
Man Titus is growing up!! Great job on the watermelons and sweet potatoes.
Precious video. My boys and I put in 100 watermelon plants this yr, and now they are loving it.
Thanks for the video
Damn. That is a lot of watermelons. How much acreage have you dedicated to them? Must take up a lot of space.
Great Watermelon, Titus does love his watermelons😊
Your kids are so precious. Nice watermelon tasting!
Glad you talked about the Cherokee pumpkin plants. I thought we might never get fruit. You've given me hope! Thank you!!
They take a little patience, but they're worth it!
The Seminole pumpkin grows really well for me here in OH as well. I’m sure we don’t get as many fruits, but it is a really hardy pumpkin.
I use the Brix meter for testing maple syrup! I can’t get watermelon to grow like you can, but I do have a dozen mature sugar maple trees 😁
Awesome video. Love the scientific proof analysis.
Your son is precious!
Great to meet you today! Looking forward to digging into your content. Cool use of the Brix meter!
Great to meet you as well!
I used to grow the "Legacy" variety of watermelon which has a Brix of 12+. I quit growing it, as it would just put me to sleep after eating it.
lol. Sounds like an insulin spike from the sugar level. Kind of like how you might get tired after lunch.
Your farm is doing great. Thank you for sharing the brix experiment. Your subscriber you met at Fig-A-Rama.
The dig at Alabama was glorious.
Thank you for this video. It really made watermelon seed purchasing so much easier. I decided to go with the tropical sunshine 🌞. Can’t wait to try them😍
It was my first time planting watermelon. I planted sugar babies. Can't wait to try some. Thanks for the fun review.
My Sugarbabies did very well really sweet and my chickens love them, also had Allsweet watermeleon didnt produce good rotten at the end, Now growing Mountain Sweet yellow looking forward for the yellow ones here in South GA.
Never had yellow watermelon! Looks very sweet
They are really good!
My first year doing seedless in MN. I’m growing orange crisp, triple crown, and harvest moon from park seed and ultra cool from ferry Morse. Found I had great germination without chitting the seeds. Did the perlite and heat mat with humidity dome trick and they started coming up in 2 days! Should have ripe ones by august 10th.
Titus is a cutie!
Lol....Cool kid!! I miss mine being that young. Nate from Mississippi here. I'm subscribed to you. I'm a new Gardner. They say watermelon are tuff so it's what I decided to go with. Enjoying your videos.
Nice Travis. Those are some good looking watermelons with the brix reading being a bonus. 😀 I have 3 baby Doll and 1 crimson sweet sizing up. So far, looks to be my best watermelon season.
.. Does that mean I have to go out and buy a claw set ?? Or does Titus hire out ?? .. He seems to be quite the watermelon king ..
You must try golden crisp seedless watermelon 6kg size breeder is syngenta so sweet
We plant Georgia Jet every year its our go to sweet potato we are also growing your South Anna Butternut for the first time they are beautiful plants 👍
:) dang it! Now I gotta go get a watermelon!!
I gotta go get a Wolverine claw!
Im old school I reckon, but I prefer the seeded watermelon. I don't know the difference on the names and all but back in the mid to late 80s when I was 6-10yrs old my uncle grew probably a acre of the large kinda long ones light green with the dark jagged stripes. They were awesome. Enjoy the channel!
Love the yellow ones. I didn't know what to call them as a child. Seen a sticker with the Texas flag on it so i named them "Texas Diamonds" very sweet. Hard to find in stores.
You really need to get the kids out there with butterfly nets to catch those butterflies
Why you always rippin’ on all us Alabama peeps?? 😉 We love ya anyway!! War Damn Eagle 🦅
I like to pick on Alabama folks, but I love y'all!
We grew summer breeze and sangria as a pollinator. We liked them everyone loved the sangria. What is your favorite tasting watermelon to eat? And if its seedless what is your favorite to use as a pollinator? Thank you!!!
The Cracker Jack seedless we grew last year was pretty amazing. I vary the pollinator every year it seems. I just try to pick something that looks different than the seedless ones, although I didn't do a great job of that last year. lol
@LazyDogFarm happy new year!!! thank you very much. I'll probably try that one. I was thinking about a gurneys tri-x variety. But i would rather try something that I can get first hand review from. Especially from a watermelon connoisseur. Lol now have to figure out what I want for a good pollinator type!!!
Where did you get that awesome tank top?
I designed them and got them printed in a bunch of colors. Big fan of tank tops this time of year.
Do you alter your watering schedule for watermelons when they are almost ready? I have about 7 watermelons at different stages. Two of them have tendrils starting to brown.
I usually don't. It's been so hot around here we've been steadily watering them with the drip tape.
Alabama…so wrong for that!!!❤❤❤😂😂😂
Thank you for your video. Planet on my birthday May 3rd I know they will be good.
One of my watermelons has a split which is about an inch in length, should I give up on this melon and take it off the vine or will it still be edible once it matures?? Thanks in advance!
Chunk it.
Good video so I enjoyed it immensely I want to know do you have any seeds that you might want to sell because I would love to have some in my garden in the back of my house. Let me know if you want to sell some seats. Thank you very much.
Excellent video. Maybe you can be my guinea pig and grow yellow petite plants or leelanau sweetglo as your pollenizers. I want to see someone test out yellow petite if it is a legit sweet watermelon or not. Ive really liked ur seedless selection: trop. sunshine and orange crisp.
I live in lv and based on your heat units video am wondering if my watermelons are gonna stunted bc the heat pushes their ripeness too fast for them to develop full flavor.
Where did you get your seeds/starts for the yellow watermelons
Johnny's Seeds online.
@@LazyDogFarm thank you!
Where can I find Yamato watermelon cream seeds from
That claw reminds me of marks a bear left on some of my watermelons awhile back. The bear was clawing them as he rolled them out of my watermelon patch and into my field corn to hide while he eat them. He wrecked my watermelons and cantaloupes and flattened much of my corn. Then he went to my neighbor's and wrecked his bee hives.
Goodness. I didn't know bears liked watermelon too. Might make me second guess chunking watermelon rinds in the woods when we're camping in the mountains this fall. lol
@@LazyDogFarm They're relatively rare here. They often move down from the mountains in midsummer, especially if there is a poor mast crop in the mountains. I've heard they can smell a watermelon patch dozens of miles away. Coyotes have raided my cantaloupes but never bother my watermelons.
I guess you go to the Georgia mountains? My father's people are from Gilmer County, near Ellijay.
Let’s say you use a crackerjack seedless watermelon and you use your own seeded watermelon will it mess up anything for as the pollination use
Should work just fine.
1st off Sir, I happen to have that same exact refractometer. 2nd, it’s pronounced refract-TOM-meter. 3rd ROLLLL Tide ROLLLL!😂
Even a Georgia boy should be able to pronounce it
Hahaha!
How do you know when to harvest the giant butternut?
Good question. It's my first year growing them. Ideally, I think you'd want to wait until the vines start to die back and the skin hardens. That's usually how you tell with traditional butternut varieties.
I thought you said heat degrees days meant more than planting date?
Nice product placement with the Coop Gro! Lol. My order came quickly with the window sticker!
This Bama woman would like to see you use that meter on figs!
I do need to try that!
What about the ducks?!?!? Won’t anyone think of the 🦆 s!!!!!
ATC = Automatic Temperature Compensation
So the "A" doesn't stand for Alabama? Dang it! lol
@@LazyDogFarm Alabama has no Temperature Compensation. Just Hot and Damn Hot!
You should leave some sweet tater plants till November just to see how big they'll get.
They'll get as big as a football and look all gnarly with splits.
No test no the yeller one?
We showed the test on the yellow one in the video. It was around 11.5 I believe.
If the tendril is dry, reach down with one finger and see if the stem will pop off. You should never have to cut a watermelon vine. This is a much better way to know if the plant has gotten all the nutrients and is ripe.
Its similar to a canteloupe. A canteloupe is ready when you pick it up and the stem pops loose or pops loose on its own. We all know you should never have to cut a Canteloupe vine right?
I've never grown cantaloupes. None of my bunch cares for them, so we just stick to watermelons. But good to know!
NERD just kidding thats awesome and I wish I had one
Why stop electroculture if it works
Don't need no Fauci device to tell me which watermelons are the best. WE NEED THE DUCKS to determine which one the go to first!
From AL, roots are all GA. Don't appreciate the AL remark.
ROLL TIDE !!!
GO DAWGS!
good show