Things Needed
Milk and Citrullus vulgaris may not be a coarse compounding in the dieting , but they are good friends in the garden . Milk can be used during two phase of watermelon vine gardening . The first program is to soak the seeds inmilk to help them germinate faster — a real plus if you are in cold areas with short summers . Later , Milk River can also be used to spray mature vines to aid forbid powdery mildew , a common watermelon fungal disease .
Step 1
Work a good 2 to 3 in of compost into the soil of the garden bed after the dirt has thawed in other springiness . The garden bed must be in a sunny position .
Step 2
process the garden bed into mounds around 12 inches across and 12 inches high , spaced 4 to 5 feet apart . There should be one hillock for each plant you mean to plant .
Step 3
breed each hillock with black plastic to around 1 foot out from the alkali of the heap . plow the edges of the black plastic with soil to keep it in position . The charge card will aid the dirt warm faster and keep skunk at bay as well .
Step 4
Heat 1 loving cup of milk on the stove so that it is just warm and transfer it to a plastic container . localise your watermelon seeded player into the warm milk and leave the container for 24 time of day in a cool position in the house . You should drench about 3 to 4 times as many seed as you want works to guarantee sprouting and they should be soaked after the last Robert Lee Frost date has passed .
Step 5
Remove seeds from the milk after 24 hour . They should be bloated and have buoy up in color from engross the milk . The milk provides them with nourishment speeds up germination time .
Step 6
Cut a twat into the top of the plastic on each mound and flora 3 to 4 seeds 1/2 in late in the prepared stain . Water seed to a great extent . sop bi - weekly to encourage deep roots .
Step 7
Thin plants to the impregnable seedling about two weeks after sprouting . Cut the other seedling off at the base , rather than displume them out to avoid disturbing the strongest seedlings ' roots .
Step 8
Mix 1 part milk to 9 office piddle in a spraying bottle and spray vines weekly to guard off powdery mildew .
Step 9
Reduce watering to once a hebdomad after fruit has set on the vine , and even less if there has been rainfall . Excess pee when the vine is fruiting promotes a less flavoursome melon .
Step 10
Harvest watermelons when the rind is hard and is just set forth to yellow on the ground side . This should be within 12 to 16 workweek after imbed . If you want an ongoing supplying of watermelon vine throughout the summertime , stagger planting particular date .
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