I’m sorry if the slides go by a little fast, but that’s what the pause button is for =P This video is intended for parents and teachers to help educate their kids about the growth process of plants and flowers in a fun way because the kids can see the entire process from a seed to the time it is big enough to be planted in the ground! There will be a follow up video of the seed sprouting with time lapse
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If you love to bury your face in a cold slice of watermelon on a hot summer day, learn to grow them in your own backyard.
Step 1: Start indoors
Start your seedlings indoors, especially if you live in a cooler climate. Plant two to three seeds per pot and choose the healthiest seedling for transplantation.
Tip
For best results use peat pots that can be transplanted whole without uprooting and potentially traumatizing your seedling.
Step 2: Give space
Give your watermelons space to grow. Seed hills in a row, and space the rows 7 to 10 feet apart. If you don’t have that much room, consider a smaller bush variety.
Step 3: Plant
Plant your seeds or seedlings outdoors after the last frost. Plant one to two seedlings per hill, or thin your plants to this number once they have taken root.
Step 4: Feed well
Feed your watermelon plants with fertilizers rich in nitrogen early in their growth, followed by fertilizer rich in phosphorous and potassium after flowers have formed.
Step 5: Water if necessary
Water your watermelons only when necessary, such as during a prolonged dry spell.
Step 6: Protect
Protect your plants and their roots by aggressively weeding with a shallow hoe. Stave off cucumber beetles and other pests with appropriate pesticides.
Tip
Use black plastic as mulch in your watermelon rows to reduce weeds and keep your plants warm and moist.
Step 7: Harvest
Harvest your melons after 75 to 100 days. Signs of ripeness include yellowing on the underside, a dulling of the overall color, resistance to thumbnails on the rind, and browning of the stems near the fruit.
Did You Know?
Some varieties of watermelon can grow to over 200 pounds.
after you harvested the fruit, can the tree produce again another watermelon?
*sorry for my bad english
Pointed side up on seeds?
200 pounds
screw your pesticides
Pesticides? No thanks!
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Where do i get a big appetite i cant find it anywhere
NEEM OIL IS SAFE NATURAL INSECT DETERRENT, AND IS FOOD SAFE.
happy planting
Don't use pesticides it kills insect life in the soil, if anything you want to add sugar to the soil to increase insect life.
I keeps me a shallow hoe cuz my pimp hand strong
Pesticides, MY ASS, THIS IS A BS video
does too much sun affects it
My pesticide for watermelons is the ladybug.
I asked my ex girlfriend to weed my watermelon patch. She said no. Does anybody else know where I can find a shallow hoe?
I asked a couple shallow hoes to help in my garden but they both said no.
You are an amazing person.
It's watermelòn!
yum^.^