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Gardening is one of my favorite stress relievers. & watching everything grow has been amazing.
I have a 6+ foot tomato plant I'm growing in a 48" or so pot. We've enjoyed 14 tomatoes so far, and should have another 13 in a few weeks! See, you can grow some of your own food on an apartment patio!
So I'm also trying to grow a watermelon plant. I read online you can train them to grow up a trellis. I think you're supposed to do that with 8-10 pound watermelons. Mine should grow to be 25. I can only hope!!
The trick to growing watermelons in an apartment/town house, is that you have to
hand pollinate the flowers. Really? it's not difficult, as long as you can catch a female flower blossoming. I had two, and they blossomed on a perfect sunday morning. The very next day-there's a melon growing!
One of the watermelons is still thriving. The other shriveled up. Maybe because of lack of water, I'm not sure. Either way, I would expect to be able to have my first summer watermelon by mid October. Hope it doesn't frost before then.
An {Apartment} Watermelon's Life
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| July 21 |
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| July 30-Hand pollinated the day before |
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| August 3 |
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| August 7 |
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| The Other One August 7 |
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| August 18 |
Well, I'll have to find a new hobby for Autumn...
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