Garbage Can Watermelons

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Cam home today to one male and one female flower on the sugar baby on the right



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[saltman2011]

Gonna give this a try. 32 gallon trash can. Watermelon seedling. Master Blend fertilizer hydroponic mix. All details are in the description and video:

Garbage Can Watermelons: Hydroponic Growing in the Backyard - YouTube

I'll post some updates later if this thing takes off.

Nice! Must try...

[hunt247]

So I guess the watermelon will be on the ground once it gets big? What if one tries to grow half way down or on top?

[Chew]

So I guess the watermelon will be on the ground once it gets big? What if one tries to grow half way down or on top?

I just set up some 1/4 hog panels for a trellis on my cucumber barrel and watermelon barrel. Gives the vines something to grow on.

I'm not sure how heavy/big the melons will be. Could be an issue.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

So I guess the watermelon will be on the ground once it gets big? What if one tries to grow half way down or on top?

I have mine growing on the fence. Once I get a melon I will slip pantyhose or bird netting around it and tie it to the fence.


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[Chad_E]

Just checking in on your melons...

[doug]

I have mine growing on the fence. Once I get a melon I will slip pantyhose or bird netting around it and tie it to the fence.


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That's what I've heard can be done. I have some watermelon and cantelope and plan to try this if they actually produce. I've got my fingers crossed!

[Texas Grown]

Just checking in on your melons...

Chad, is there something about Bobby we don't know, yet?


And since Flash OD has now brought panty hose into this thread, I may or may not want to know where this thread is headed.




Pics of the Trellis Bobby!

[doug]

Been following this one. I didn't plant any in garbage cans but I did plant a few. Heres what I found this morning! My first try gardening so it's pretty cool to me! Hoping to hang them in some hose as they get bigger.

[doug]

And just for grins heres my cucumber plant in a garbage can that Chew helped me with.

Thanks again Bobby!

[Chew]

Looking good Doug! I just got some cattle panel trellises set up a few days ago. Cucumbers are going wild. Had to make some adjustments to the pot/basket that had my melon plants. The roots were getting in a bind. They should take off now.

[doug]

Looking good Doug! I just got some cattle panel trellises set up a few days ago. Cucumbers are going wild. Had to make some adjustments to the pot/basket that had my melon plants. The roots were getting in a bind. They should take off now.

That's great! Cukes in my garden are going nuts with tons of blooms and little ones. So far we've only got potatoes and japs and a couple of strawberries. I'm thinking in a week or so we are gonna be covered in squash and tomatoes and soon cukes. It's a lot of fun. First thing I do in the morning is go out back and check on the garden.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

This weeks update





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[Texas Grown]

Yall look-n great!

The fish are bite-n and there's hogs to be killed, gotta go!

[Chew]

Update. Lots of little melons. Root growth is good.