How I Grow Watermelons From Seed to Harvest – ft. Two Awesome Varieties

Let’s explore growing watermelons from seed to harvest and the steps I take to grow these awesome fruits. I’ll show you how to grow Watermelons throughout the whole process, and we’ll grow 2 interesting varieties – Gold in Gold watermelon and Moon & Stars watermelon.

In this grow guide, we’ll cover questions like how to grow watermelons from seed, how to plant watermelons, as well as things like pollination, fertilizing, watering, how to tell when watermelons are ripe, plus a taste test of course!

I’m excited to be sharing this Summer growing journey with you, and I hope it helps to give you some insight and inspiration to grow your own delicious watermelons in your garden.

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Extra Watermelon Growing Tips:
– Watermelon seeds need warm temperatures to germinate, at least 18c (65f).

– If you have a short Summer growing season, you can get the seedlings going somewhere warm indoors so they’re ready to be transplanted once it’s warm enough.

– I try to avoid starting them too early in Spring as you want them to continue with their seedling vigor into rapid growth through nice warm Summer weather. They grow especially fast when temperatures are 25c (77f) and above.

– You can get varieties that grow and mature faster than others, so have a quick google of your chosen variety to see if you have a growing season long enough to suit the amount of days that variety needs to mature. For example: Gold in Gold variety matures around 70 days from transplant & Moon & Stars needs a longer season at 85 days from transplant.

– Watermelon seeds can also be sown directly once the temperature is warm enough outside, and works best if you live somewhere with a season that caters for the full length of time that these take to grow.

-Above all else, if it doesn’t work out well the first time you grow them, have another go next year! I’ve failed multiple times growing them in the past, but this is the best way to learn, grow and become a better gardener!

Wishing you all the best with the growing, and let me know how it goes! 🙂

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VIDEO SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU:
My other watermelon growing video: https://youtu.be/Gid6hMTXpOA

Tasting Unusual Watermelon Varieties – https://youtu.be/sP78bUNGRXs

Growing A No-Dig Garden From Start to Finish – https://youtu.be/i3HfAuQut0E

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Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals From
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Hey, my name is Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I’m interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow in my area. I’ll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you’ll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community 🙂

0:00 Intro
0:22 Varieties
1:19 Starting Seeds
1:50 Setting up garden & planting
4:00 Mulching
4:24 Fertilizing
4:48 Flowers & Pollination
5:26 Watering tips & fruit forming
7:07 Rapid Growth
7:21 How to tell when ripe & Harvesting
9:42 Tasting the watermelons
12:22 Good luck with the melons 🙂
12:41 Bloopers

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