Carolina Cross watermelons 2021
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2022
- These watermelons are just so cool and I couldn’t believe how big they’d get, that’s why I wanted to plant them! They get gigantic, they taste delicious, what’s not amazing about a Carolina Cross watermelon?!
Watered them daily and added a bit of plant food a couple times through the grow season. The directions I read said to feed the plants about once a month.
My sister gave me a bunch of seeds for Christmas, and this was one of the packs she sent. I don't think she had any idea how big these things are going to get! I'm not a big melon eater, so I think I'll try dehydrating them, as I have had it before and it was pretty sweet.
Hope you have so much fun and success with them! I couldn’t believe how big they got. We’re trying some different watermelons this season, more typical sized ones but with the yellow inside, that’s new for me. Gonna try giant pumpkins too. Anxious and waiting for the ground to warm up so we can get started! Practically giddy for this year already!🥕
@@thegardengallery4618 Thanks! Yeah, I'm ready to go too! I got one potato bed planted the first week of February, and the second going in this weekend (I can get three harvests per bed). Everything else except peanuts, will be in by April 1st. Nice mid to upper 70s for the next few weeks. I think this year will be a productive one. I have tomato cuttings four feet tall already, and the ones from seed are close to two, so I've got a HUGE jump on my neighbors! 💫
Ordered 20 Carolina cross watermelon seeds to try this year, 2 sprouted and one sprout was taken out by slugs! The one is doing extremely well, big dark green, healthy leaves. Has spread 12’-14’ in all directions and still continues to sprout new main vines off the stump. Got 1 huge watermelon growing that’s for sure over 200 pounds already, and my growing season don’t end until late September or early October here in Georgia! Any new melons I just pinch them off… can’t wait to get a final weight on this first time Carolina Cross melon. Started my seeds outdoors in mounds about 10” high in the middle, helps drainage, also have about 3 inches of straw mulch and all vines are buried to promote more root growth to increase nutrient intake capacity, as well as water uptake…
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Of course I’m not growing them to eat, just getting into competitive watermelon growing. When growing them for competition I’ve learned from other guys that they allow them to grow on the vine 90-110 days to get them to these large sizes. They reach a point where melon growth slows and the ripening starts, once complete they continue to grow on the vine after ripening! I grow crimson sweet and black diamond to eat and sale…
Of course I’m not growing them to eat, just getting into competitive watermelon growing. When growing them for competition I’ve learned from other guys that they allow them to grow on the vine 90-110 days to get them to these large sizes. They reach a point where melon growth slows and the ripening starts, once complete they continue to grow on the vine after ripening! I grow crimson sweet and black diamond to eat and sale…
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Cool video! Trying them this year. If you could throw dates or plant ages in with your pics it would make all the difference. This was good content but there are a million 'how to grow...." guides with a girl utting seeds in some starter and wetting it and they're over lol. I don't have much sand in with my clay and cojmpost, should I add some, and what kind?
Thank you for the feedback. 😁 Have fun with the melons, they were delightful! They were a novelty for us, we only grew them the one time. They grew well, tasted delicious and I’ve personally chosen to grow watermelons that are a bit smaller and easier to physically lift now, the Carolinas got huge haha! The video is a very basic illustration of the seeds growing within the typical and expected 90-110 day large Watermelon grow cycle. We are not professional growers, we are legit in our toddlerhood as gardeners - in 2021 we were still very much infants. 2023 is our 4th ever garden, we’re learning new things each week of each new season, starting perennials in earnest this year. We follow the elementary instructions on seed packs, read up while things germinate and make adjustments by watching what happens. We don’t use any complicated chemical processes, ratios or balances. Simple philosophy, the seed is born to grow, so we plant it, as many seeds as we can. Water, pull weeds, watch for pests; that’s it. They grow and make delicious fruit and it tastes like a miracle from Heaven every time! I don’t know what to tell you about your soil, sorry about that. I’m guessing a little sand won’t hurt because we have a lot of sand and get good quality and quantity harvests. I hope you find the answers you seek. I can tell you, our soil is primarily sand/volcanic ash (arid desert) and we add compost, steer/horse/bird manure, wood ash and Miracle Grow garden soil. The dark soil in the light colored sand helps us mark where we’ve planted and more easily notice the young sprouts. The Carolina Cross watermelons were in our 2nd ever garden (2021). They were very easy to grow and there were many of them produced from the 6 of 10 seeds that came up. We watered heavily and added enriched soil to the root at 30 day intervals. Our largest one grew to be about 125 pounds, we didn’t get any that reached the 220 pound size (not disappointed at all!). We didn’t prune the plants, we let them grow as wildly as they naturally could and would. It was so fun to watch them just go nuts and overtake the section! We got a few dozen melons out of it, though some were small and immature. Apparently, fish emollients are helpful in growing the big melons, though I haven’t tried this myself, yet. We have some fish emollients to try on our average size melons this season (red & yellow crimsons, Kajari, honeydew and cantaloupe). Harvest tip: stop watering a few days before harvest, the melons are sweeter. Watering right up to harvest washes out the flavor a bit. Best of luck to you! 👩🌾
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Como que eu faço para adquirir essas sementes no Brasil você poderia mim ajudar adoro plantar melancia.
Seeds for Carolina Cross giant watermelons are available to order on Amazon and are relatively inexpensive. Hope you find the perfect seeds for your garden in Brazil!
I watch ur full video next time i will grove very nice
I'm from Bangladesh i need some seed, aney one give me some seed
Apakah bisa membeli benih nya saya pengen banget nanam
We don’t have seeds to sell, they are available on Amazon and other markets.
Limit them to one melon per plant so all the nutrients are going to just that one melon!
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