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pod

Jul 4, 2014 7:51 AM CST

Name: Kristi
east Texas pineywoods (Zone 8a)

Herbie ~ that is cute! I've seen that done here with large round bales of hay, usually at a vegie stand where they are selling watermelons. Always makes my mouth water...

Believe in yourself even when no one else will. ~ Sasquatch

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Weedwhacker

Jul 4, 2014 7:52 AM CST

Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)

Yes, really just big turnips. They like cold weather, making them a much more reliable crop here than watermelons (unfortunately); we had 52 degrees F this morning, with a high of only 64 today, not sure if summer is EVER going to show up this year. At least the sun is shining, but I should NOT need a sweatshirt on the 4th of July

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer
C/F temp conversion

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tveguy3

Jul 4, 2014 8:42 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

I remember a July 4th picnic I had a quite a few years back, maybe 15 years or more ago when we had to move things into the garage and start a fire it was so cold out. I had a friend visiting from Oklahoma that year, and I though she would never get warm. LOL.

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

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texaskitty111

Jul 10, 2014 11:08 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: tk
97478 (Zone 8b)

Got my first blacktail mountain watermelon. It was delicious! I took a picture before I ate it. You have to use your imagination to see it.

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Weedwhacker

Jul 10, 2014 8:35 PM CST

Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)

Very abstract!!

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer
C/F temp conversion

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Gleni

Jul 10, 2014 9:36 PM CST

Name: Glen Ingram
Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a)
(Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk

Never seen a watermelon being digested in a stomach before.

The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.

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texaskitty111

Jul 10, 2014 9:39 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: tk
97478 (Zone 8b)

Endoscopy is great, right?

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Gymgirl

Jul 11, 2014 8:55 AM CST

Name: Linda
SE Houston, Tx. (Hobby) (Zone 9a)
"Godspeed, & Good Harvest!"

Hey, Ya'll!

Do any of you prune your watermelon vines beyond where the first watermelon starts?

I watched a video of a guy (ldsprepper on YouTube) who snipped the vines off past each 1st melon. His melon patch now looks like tennis balls on tethers. His rationale is that the nutrients will hit that 1st melon, and any melons beyond that one on the same vine will be seriously deprived of nutrients, since the first melon will suck them all up...

He has 25 melons growing in a raised bed 18" x 12'. Very neat and tidy.

Comments?

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tveguy3

Jul 11, 2014 12:09 PM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

I ususally do that toward the end of the season to stop new ones from developing that I know won't make it to ripen before the frost. But I ususally get two or more per vine. You'd surely get less melons, but maybe bigger ones. Might be worth a try.

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

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texaskitty111

Jul 28, 2014 3:30 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: tk
97478 (Zone 8b)

Picked the ripe melons today