Watermelons and cantaloupes

[desertgirl]

I've planted watermelons and cantaloupes in my SFG, and basically every seed has sprouted. I need to thin them, and am thinking of transplanting them into some large containers. Anyone grown these in containers?

 

[Greenthumb18]

I've planted watermelons and cantaloupes in my SFG, and basically every seed has sprouted. I need to thin them, and am thinking of transplanting them into some large containers. Anyone grown these in containers?

Yep i have, then when the seedlings get their first couple true leaves you could transplant them to their planting spot.

 

[desertgirl]

Awesome! I'm going to do it tomarrow!

Thanks.

 

[Greenthumb18]

Awesome! I'm going to do it tomarrow!

Thanks.

Sounds great!! :tools , are you also going to try some Honeydew melons?? You should their soo good on a hot summer's day. This year i have a watermelon that turns completely golden when ripe, wont have to guess when its ready then find out its too late.


Have fun tomorrow!!!!!

 

[desertgirl]

Hmmm. I am entrigued. I will transplant what I already have, but I do love honeydews...

My god- everytime I visit this site I end up with more projects I want to try!!!!It is so darned addictive!!!

 

[davaroo]

I have watermelons, cantalopes, Armenian "Tigger" melons and banana melons in containers right now. My container of choice? The tried and true "old tire" planters.

There arent many things you cannot grow in containers.

 

[desertgirl]

Just finished transplanting them. Hope they like their new place!

 

[GrowinVeggiesInSC]

My god- everytime I visit this site I end up with more projects I want to try!!!!It is so darned addictive!!!

Me too! And it gets me in trouble with DH. "What are you doing now? Why are you planting that? Do we really need that right now?" I wish he would just let me do my thing.

 

[desertgirl]

Right? My DH says, "We already have watermelons and cantaloupes", and I told him I couldn't bear to just throw them out.

He says, "The whole pack of seeds only cost about $2.00...what's the big deal?".

If you have to ask, I cannot explain it to you...

 

[davaroo]

Right? My DH says, "We already have watermelons and cantaloupes", and I told him I couldn't bear to just throw them out.

He says, "The whole pack of seeds only cost about $2.00...what's the big deal?".

If you have to ask, I cannot explain it to you...

Exactly. Gardening is about the future, about potential and essentially self-creation. Each garden reflects the maker and you reinvent yourself, along with the garden, each year.