I love your passion. I spent a summer growing two giants. Lots of work. Bugs were the biggest problem. Picking the culls were constant. Wish I had the space to do it for a hobby now. Good luck.
you are an inspiration sir. I'm growing watermelons in my home in India. Thank you so much. Hope you are safe and healthy. Love prayers from India 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇮🇳
I really don't see wear 94 people gave a thumbs down, , ,thank you for your time and information on this I learned a lot from you and understand about soil testing, ,,again thank you a gand God bless you
Thank you for sharing your experience. I have a question on pollination. Do you leave the vine alone to pollinate it own, or do you pick the male flowers and tap the pollen off to the female flowers?? I do this technique with pumpkins, and just wondering if its the same.
Question I have my female flowers coming in and i hand pollinated them.. its been 4 days now and don't know if the pollination was successful but what fertilizer should I use?
what is a good quantity of fertilizer? i use 3 table spoons of 20-20-20 mixed with 2 gallons of water. I also add a bit of urea to it. I apply this twice a week. is this a good method or should I be doing something else?
I dont live far from Garner, I just pulled a 55 pounder yesterday and have several more still growing. nothing near as fancy as this setup. lots of bone meal and blood meal. And I eat my watermelons. planted Carolina 180 heirloom seeds.
Yes I eat the watermelons like Todd grows.30 day residual on most systemics .The food you buy at the store is just as badua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ws5lv9W8coc
What year is your Dodge and how many miles? I've got an 01 270,000 miles , still runs like a champ. They made those 2nd gens to last.When it craps out, I'm going to look for one with low miles again. Mine had 74,000 when I got it.
+Indoor Hydroponix thanks for watching, I have a few buddies that are going to try giant melons with hydroponic's next year. Should be fun to see what happens
+Todd Dawson If I wanted to dedicate one bed (soil) to this next year, on a somewhat smaller scale. What variety would you consider for a beginner? Something non-grafted and open pollinated, so I don't have to cross pollinate. Thanks in advance!
No, I have seen viable seeds come from a 30lb melon, just let it sit for a while, and the seeds mature inside the melon. Kinda strange how that happens
Thanks, I've got 2 growing this year. My biggest issue is timing these things for the weigh ins. I'm just not sure how long it takes for them to be ready and not be on the vine so long they start to rot. I've got one that set on around July 12 and OTT weight is around 120lbs and the other set on July 22 and OTT is around 85.
Timing is tough, when melons get over 50 days, I start to measure every 5 days, and keep track. Healthy plants should grow 80-90 day melons, just don't pull them if they are still growing! Pick them when they stop. I had a vine go down in 2014, and lost the melon at 65 days, I pulled melon and weighed it, then put it in the house with the ac, kept it there for 6 weeks, and it only lost 12lbs in 6 weeks, not too bad. 120lbs at 30 days is Awesome!!
Good to know that info. I got a plant growing from a 274 Kent and the 350 Kent both open pollinated by my 4 hives of bees less than 100 yards away. Growing them in Traphill NC and can only get up there on weekends so I spend most of the weekend messing with the vines. That acreage we have up there had alot of moonshine history so maybe they growing so well because 50% of the soil is moonshine soaked, lol.
Great video...this is my first year and I got a lot of great seeds at auction. My watermelons look great now and I just heard you say that they need 50-75 gallons of water per day. How do you water? Do you directly water the trunk of the plant, or do you run a sprinkler so that all the leaves get sprayed? If you could provide a little advice, it would help me do a good job at my first attempt here. Thanks so much!
Hey Scott, My plants are getting that much water, but yours may not need that much. Its tricky when people talk about water, because we all have different soils My soil is set up to drain fast, melons like to be moist, but not wet. If your heavy clay, you might not need to water but once a week. Grab a sample of soil with your hand and squeeze it, if it falls a part, you may need to water, but if it stays in a ball, you are good. I do not ever water overhead, and never water the stump. I use pvc pipes with small holes, and stay 3-4 from the stump.
The watermelons are edible but we grow them pass their maturity date and then drive them around for two weeks showing them to people. They would be much better to eat if they were picked two weeks earlier not kept so long
You can grow just as big of a watermelon with compost rather than chemicals, if you use some organic pest control and fertilizer why not go all the way so you can actually eat your fruit you spent so much time and love on ?
+ I users about 16 yards of compost, use 90% organic ferts, use garlic spray, but some things you have use use chemical for. Squash bugs and cucumber beetles are the 2 that will end a season fast!! Even with harsh pesticides, I still lost a plant this year, and half my cantaloupes last year. Different for a farmer that grows many acres, compared to only having 4 plants.
Hey guys, I know your giving him grief for not eating his melon. But if you check out more videos, he’s not alone. You may not know but there is keen competition in growing big melon.i didn’t realize til I started this as hobby. I mean it’s his property, I don’t see why some are upset about the soil being poisoned. Lol Just saying.
Ekim Strongcup Poisoning the earth? Naw, why would anyone be upset about that? Oh yeah, water runoff. But hey, go ahead, create a toxic waste site in your backyard. Maybe you can win ya a prize!
That soil looks beautiful not a rock in it, you could grow anything in that black humus. I have heavy soil in my garden so any vegetable with fine roots, even carrots will not do well. The organic compost is as good as gold for what you are doing. Watermelons must be susceptible to a lot of viruses to have that aggressive a spray program. Has anyone been successful trying to grow watermelons using Organic Gardening.?
What's the point of going through all that trouble and expense if you don't consume the product, not to mention you're poisoning the ground with all those chemicals. You must have a lot of time on your hands.
Awesome! Blessings to everyone if you haven't yet repented and accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior, please do so before it's too late it's not God's will for none to perish Acts 2vs 38 John 3vs 16 Romans 10 vs 13
Why put all that work in a watermelon you can't eat competition or not. I grow my watermelons to eat not for bragging rights.I will never understand shit like this.
+Pop Holmes I never understand why people leave negative comments. Same reason I fish, but release my catch, same reason I mow grass every week, only to mow it again the next week, same reason I grow ferns on the front porch....,because I enjoy it!
The beauty of the world is we all think different & have different interests.If we all lived like each other it would suck! ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ws5lv9W8coc
I love your passion. I spent a summer growing two giants. Lots of work. Bugs were the biggest problem. Picking the culls were constant. Wish I had the space to do it for a hobby now. Good luck.
Thank you for the up front HONESTY.
you are an inspiration sir. I'm growing watermelons in my home in India. Thank you so much. Hope you are safe and healthy.
Love prayers from India 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇮🇳
Thanks for sharing these tips.
Keep up the great work! 💖
Those melons are amazing! I picked my first watermelon today. I'm only growing them to eat, not for competition.
Thanks buddy, so how'd it taste?? awesome I bet!!!
Todd Dawson I really think I should have waited a little longer to pick it, but it wasn't bad! I have some more that are pretty close.
The best video on how to grow a large watermelons on earth
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
I really don't see wear 94 people gave a thumbs down, , ,thank you for your time and information on this I learned a lot from you and understand about soil testing, ,,again thank you a gand God bless you
I grow lots of watermelons on my farm. I am going to try to do some giants this year. Cant wait!
Thank you for sharing your experience. I have a question on pollination. Do you leave the vine alone to pollinate it own, or do you pick the male flowers and tap the pollen off to the female flowers?? I do this technique with pumpkins, and just wondering if its the same.
I use several male flowers, and brush the pollen unto the female in the morning, then covet female with a cup for 24 hours to keep the bee's out.
Thank you for making and sharing this video, have a good week!!
Very interesting video and explanation.
Very quickly, what variety is this watermelon please?
Question I have my female flowers coming in and i hand pollinated them.. its been 4 days now and don't know if the pollination was successful but what fertilizer should I use?
Very impressive! I'm growing watermelons at the moment. Should I cut tip of the vine that has a watermelon that I want to keep? Thank you.
what is a good quantity of fertilizer?
i use 3 table spoons of 20-20-20 mixed with 2 gallons of water. I also add a bit of urea to it. I apply this twice a week. is this a good method or should I be doing something else?
Did you say that each bed has only one plant? And say you were to grow them for consumption how many melons per bed would you get? Thanks!
Do these big watermelons taste sweet or less due to their size?
Thank you!
I dont live far from Garner, I just pulled a 55 pounder yesterday and have several more still growing. nothing near as fancy as this setup. lots of bone meal and blood meal. And I eat my watermelons. planted Carolina 180 heirloom seeds.
Yes I eat the watermelons like Todd grows.30 day residual on most systemics .The food you buy at the store is just as badua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ws5lv9W8coc
how much do you give them
@@Mazel_Tov_888 How much what?
What year is your Dodge and how many miles? I've got an 01 270,000 miles , still runs like a champ. They made those 2nd gens to last.When it craps out, I'm going to look for one with low miles again. Mine had 74,000 when I got it.
Pls give total schedule in description
This fascinates me. Thanks for the videos
+Indoor Hydroponix thanks for watching, I have a few buddies that are going to try giant melons with hydroponic's next year. Should be fun to see what happens
+Todd Dawson
If I wanted to dedicate one bed (soil) to this next year, on a somewhat smaller scale. What variety would you consider for a beginner? Something non-grafted and open pollinated, so I don't have to cross pollinate. Thanks in advance!
Indoor Hydroponix I want to try it
I was so happy when i saw you post anonther video 😀
+Ryufjucj Jdhcbr thanks, hope to get a couple more out this year
Dose this still work or was it patched?
Super helpful thanks Todd.
Do U really not eat those big, Watermelons?
Please what quantity of NPK do you used? And the quantity per plant
Great results. Thanks for posting.
+txhypnotist thank you
Does it matter how poor a soil is as long as you’re adding compost.
Your a great teacher
Do these melons have to mature to fully ripened status in order to have viable seeds?
No, I have seen viable seeds come from a 30lb melon, just let it sit for a while, and the seeds mature inside the melon. Kinda strange how that happens
Interesting incite. Thanks. Growing mine to eat Sweet Siberian for the home gardener like me. GL this year.
Great video, my first year trying this so this was very helpful
Best of luck Greg, they are tons of fun to grow. Check out the watermelon board on big pumpkins.com, lots of useful info there
Good luck Greg
Thanks, I've got 2 growing this year. My biggest issue is timing these things for the weigh ins. I'm just not sure how long it takes for them to be ready and not be on the vine so long they start to rot. I've got one that set on around July 12 and OTT weight is around 120lbs and the other set on July 22 and OTT is around 85.
Timing is tough, when melons get over 50 days, I start to measure every 5 days, and keep track. Healthy plants should grow 80-90 day melons, just don't pull them if they are still growing! Pick them when they stop. I had a vine go down in 2014, and lost the melon at 65 days, I pulled melon and weighed it, then put it in the house with the ac, kept it there for 6 weeks, and it only lost 12lbs in 6 weeks, not too bad. 120lbs at 30 days is Awesome!!
Good to know that info. I got a plant growing from a 274 Kent and the 350 Kent both open pollinated by my 4 hives of bees less than 100 yards away. Growing them in Traphill NC and can only get up there on weekends so I spend most of the weekend messing with the vines. That acreage we have up there had alot of moonshine history so maybe they growing so well because 50% of the soil is moonshine soaked, lol.
I assume the competition is purely size and shape, and doesn’t include flavour. Amazing melons!
Great video...this is my first year and I got a lot of great seeds at auction. My watermelons look great now and I just heard you say that they need 50-75 gallons of water per day. How do you water? Do you directly water the trunk of the plant, or do you run a sprinkler so that all the leaves get sprayed? If you could provide a little advice, it would help me do a good job at my first attempt here. Thanks so much!
Hey Scott, My plants are getting that much water, but yours may not need that much. Its tricky when people talk about water, because we all have different soils My soil is set up to drain fast, melons like to be moist, but not wet. If your heavy clay, you might not need to water but once a week. Grab a sample of soil with your hand and squeeze it, if it falls a part, you may need to water, but if it stays in a ball, you are good. I do not ever water overhead, and never water the stump. I use pvc pipes with small holes, and stay 3-4 from the stump.
WOW! YOUR SOIL IS BEAUTIFULLY BLACk!
My friend hi...do you know the variety of this huge watermelon please..
Tip number 1 for giant melons: Live down South.
+UreaSmith sun and heat are awesome
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a 316 lber was grown in Michigan by Bill Edwards
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Where did you get/make the white holder that goes under the watermelon?
The best. Mr.Misro Sahudi
My melon began rotting at tip. Is that from insect or fungus
Good info thanks!
thanks for the tips . do ya share seeds
great video. thanks Todd :)
+torpa15 thank you
The watermelons are edible but we grow them pass their maturity date and then drive them around for two weeks showing them to people. They would be much better to eat if they were picked two weeks earlier not kept so long
You can grow just as big of a watermelon with compost rather than chemicals, if you use some organic pest control and fertilizer why not go all the way so you can actually eat your fruit you spent so much time and love on ?
+ I users about 16 yards of compost, use 90% organic ferts, use garlic spray, but some things you have use use chemical for. Squash bugs and cucumber beetles are the 2 that will end a season fast!! Even with harsh pesticides, I still lost a plant this year, and half my cantaloupes last year. Different for a farmer that grows many acres, compared to only having 4 plants.
Todd Dawson I understand
Weaght ?
Thanks for being honest . Not for consumption.
Do you grow in the same beds every year?
+Bruce Glisson No, I rotate beds every other year
Love your tshirt 😂
Is this the only guy who grows giant watermelons on youtube?
Hey guys, I know your giving him grief for not eating his melon.
But if you check out more videos, he’s not alone.
You may not know but there is keen competition in growing big melon.i didn’t realize til I started this as hobby.
I mean it’s his property, I don’t see why some are upset about the soil being poisoned. Lol
Just saying.
Ekim Strongcup Poisoning the earth? Naw, why would anyone be upset about that? Oh yeah, water runoff. But hey, go ahead, create a toxic waste site in your backyard. Maybe you can win ya a prize!
That soil looks beautiful not a rock in it, you could grow anything in that black humus. I have heavy soil in my garden so any vegetable with fine roots, even carrots will not do well. The organic compost is as good as gold for what you are doing. Watermelons must be susceptible to a lot of viruses to have that aggressive a spray program. Has anyone been successful trying to grow watermelons using Organic Gardening.?
poisoning the earth for melons you cant even eat
@@graystonegardens1642 He explains it around the 3:24 mark
@@leir2005 They use the same chemicals to grow your food at the store
Yup ...i was on the big melon train untill he said they "dont consume the melons they only for competition"
@@tinocos9632 You can eat them pick them at 80 days instaed of 100 days they will be smaller & tastier.
Like the 100,000 planes/jets a day that pollute are skys .We will save the planet by not growing watermelons? LOL
Make a spray from mint and water.
That alone will keep insects away
What's the point of going through all that trouble and expense if you don't consume the product, not to mention you're poisoning the ground with all those chemicals. You must have a lot of time on your hands.
Every farmer in America is poisoning the ground or we would not eat ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ws5lv9W8coc
Calcium nitrate in veg. Potassium phoshphate in bloom.
Thank you
It's not eatable as it used injection for growth. Thanks for like
i want judgment proof
Hello sir! Iam watdrmelon lover kindly send me some seeds.i hope you rrsponse
Can you teach me the purning method of vine.
Dam i love watermelon
Growing food specifically not to eat it haha
Nope, according to little Mike, all you have to do is poke a hole in the ground drop-in a seed cover it up and watch it grow get with the program.
can you send seeds in the Philippines.cabadbaran city .please .I am farmers watermelon 🍉.please
That’s cool
Seeds please😫🙏🙏💓
What a shame to grow such a fabulous watermelon that you cant eat.
bout time he actually told us something about how-to
How many plants are in that bed?
I just cant belive what
Yes 1 plant per bed and only 1 melon per plant
wow its insane how bih one plant can grow, thanks for a reply
Need to get advice from the authorities... Could lose it all,, or be poison....
What are you talking about with (Dawson) ❓❓ be more explicit to what you are talking about. 😢😢 282 Dawson ❓❓❓‼️‼️‼️‼️
We can eat this fruit...
Wow
+GOH BOMBA 👍🍉
I know how to eat giant watermelons.
HOW? like this ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ws5lv9W8coc
Only tslking talking talking
Bòoooooooooooooooo
Rule one poison the fuck out of it
Awesome! Blessings to everyone if you haven't yet repented and accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior, please do so before it's too late it's not God's will for none to perish Acts 2vs 38 John 3vs 16 Romans 10 vs 13
Why put all that work in a watermelon you can't eat competition or not. I grow my watermelons to eat not for bragging rights.I will never understand shit like this.
+Pop Holmes I never understand why people leave negative comments. Same reason I fish, but release my catch, same reason I mow
grass every week, only to mow it again the next week, same reason I grow ferns on the front porch....,because I enjoy it!
The beauty of the world is we all think different & have different interests.If we all lived like each other it would suck! ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ws5lv9W8coc