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Post by serri588 on Apr 22, 2018 11:12:39 GMT -5
Variety: Burpee Sugar Baby Yup, I'm going to try to grow watermelons. I actually don't think this will work, but I'm going to see if I can get at least 1 watermelon out of this baby. It will have 1 1/2 grow decks from the farm or around 2 feet, and I'm going to try to tolerate giving it about a foot of space on the floor. I tried to find the variety with the smallest melons I could- these are supposed to be around 12 lbs, which is still a sizeable fruit. If I'm lucky the fruit will mature at a smaller size, so I don't have to give it the entire space between my couch and the AG.  |
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Post by Shawn on Apr 22, 2018 12:13:44 GMT -5
I read a while ago somewhere that someone is growing one of these. I spoke try to find it and see how they did.
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Post by MaryL on Apr 24, 2018 5:27:03 GMT -5
I admire your brave and adventurous experiments. This will be very interesting.
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Post by Kate on Apr 25, 2018 7:02:13 GMT -5
You are definitely an adventurous indoor gardener. It's pretty exciting to see somewhat exotic choices for an AG.
12lb fruit! Wow!
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Post by serri588 on Apr 26, 2018 14:17:22 GMT -5
It's got its first real leaves!  |
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Post by MaryL on Apr 26, 2018 23:43:43 GMT -5
Woo hoo!!!
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Post by serri588 on May 6, 2018 9:08:57 GMT -5
Not much to report on this one other than it is slowly growing larger.  |
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Post by serri588 on May 9, 2018 17:06:12 GMT -5
It doesn't look like this little guy is going to make it. I'm not sure why- nutes are okay, ph is good, roots are decent sized and clean. I looked it up real quickly, and watermelon is supposed to do just fine in hydroponics so I really don't have much to go on. There are some good leaves yet, but it it dies I am going to try again.  |
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Post by Shawn on May 9, 2018 17:53:07 GMT -5
I read a while ago somewhere that someone is growing one of these. I spoke try to find it and see how they did. I will try to take a look tomorrow. Sorry i have not done it yet. I totally forgot. |
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Post by Kate on May 13, 2018 8:39:41 GMT -5
Wow, that's sad! It looked good too! I hope someone can help you. Surprisingly, I've never grown watermelon in my outdoor gardens, so I can't help you even with general advice.
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Post by Shawn on May 13, 2018 13:44:06 GMT -5
I took a quick look and it was in y cache so I need to find the exact link but someone was growing sugarbabies. it was 62 days old and growing
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EDITED: Ok it was a friend of mine who belongs to a private area. I asked her for the name of it and can PM it if needed. But that was the extent. nothing about nutes or lighting,
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Post by serri588 on Jun 2, 2018 16:53:59 GMT -5
I sprouted a new plant last week, and popped into the Farm today. Fingers crossed this one does better.
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Post by serri588 on Jun 9, 2018 17:32:33 GMT -5
So far so good. The demise of my celery due to some sort of mold solves the mystery of why the previous plant died- it probably had the same mold since they were in the same container for awhile.  |
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Post by serri588 on Jun 28, 2018 15:15:37 GMT -5
I figured out why the old one died- I had the lights too close. This one started to go too, and I raised the light on a whim. It seems to be working out, to say the least.   |
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Post by MaryL on Jun 30, 2018 6:30:04 GMT -5
What a difference!
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Post by serri588 on Jul 2, 2018 19:33:06 GMT -5
I know I just posted a few days ago, but I have my first flowers! Of course, in my excitement, I promptly broke one off with my pollinator, but the other one survived my bumbling.  |
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Post by Shawn on Jul 3, 2018 6:16:08 GMT -5
Getting exciting now !
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Post by serri588 on Oct 19, 2018 14:09:47 GMT -5
I never got any melons bigger than my thumbnail, and the plant started dying back, so I went ahead and pulled it.
I will try this again at some point in the future, but I want a break first.
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