"AndyS" wrote in message
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Andy writes:
Well, my garden is doing well and I have prolific cantalope growing.
I have
noticed that the cantalope vines come out of the hill, and spread all
around
for 10 feet or so, never penetrating the ground. So it is obvious that
all
the nutrients and water are coming thru the hill they are planted
in.,..,

[snip]

.. Oh..... and would the same apply to cucumbers and watermellons. ?

I think you/ll find, as the season wears on, roots emerging from the vines
well away from the hill.