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emzie 01-09-2008 11:17 PM

watermellon
 
Does anyone here know what season you grow watermellon in? how long it
takes to grow? what don't you an ddo you feed it? please help with
this i need some advice thanks.

James Middleton 04-09-2008 09:32 PM

Growing any kind of melon in the UK should be done under glass unless you live in the south west. You can grow them in Donkey dung in a raise coldframe, and should start your seedlings off during April-may in a frost free enviroment. Any frost will kill your tender melon plants. I would grow 1 or two plants in a 5 x 3 foot coldframe. Keep on encouraging the running limbs of the melon plant to run around and around itself to save space. You could use a bucket as a climbing template.

James Middleton
www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk

mor 05-09-2008 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Middleton (Post 814300)
Growing any kind of melon in the UK should be done under glass unless you live in the south west. You can grow them in Donkey dung in a raise coldframe, and should start your seedlings off during April-may in a frost free enviroment. Any frost will kill your tender melon plants. I would grow 1 or two plants in a 5 x 3 foot coldframe. Keep on encouraging the running limbs of the melon plant to run around and around itself to save space. You could use a bucket as a climbing template.

James Middleton
www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk

try this link
http://gardening-tips-idea.com/How-t...atermelon.html


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