WOW. Who knew these things could get so big??? I purchased the "giant" watermelon seed this spring on a lark but I really didn't think they would get huge. I figured it was a marketing ploy and I fell for it. I half way thought they wouldn't even sprout!
First we planted the seeds very late and the package said they had a long growing season. STRIKE 1!
Then we had the hottest, driest summer in forever. The weather people called it SEVERE drought. I don't think it rained after the first of June... STRIKE 2!
Lastly it was "crack gardening". That means planting seeds in the cracks of concrete on an old hog lot and letting it grow. I didn't even know if that was going to work. STRIKE 3!
Well I was wrong. (See I can admit it hubby!) It worked and watermelons grew. This is the result.
That is my foot in the lower left for a sort of comparison of the size of this thing.
This thing is only 10 pounds less than the quarterback on my son's football team!
I put the yardstick in front just so you can get a feel for the length of the watermelon.
OK, so technically it was 59 pounds. I am still amazed. We could have had a 100 pounder if it had actually rained! Anyone wanna come over for some watermelon?
I guess this will be my last gardening post for a bit as we have nothing left to harvest.
First we planted the seeds very late and the package said they had a long growing season. STRIKE 1!
Then we had the hottest, driest summer in forever. The weather people called it SEVERE drought. I don't think it rained after the first of June... STRIKE 2!
Lastly it was "crack gardening". That means planting seeds in the cracks of concrete on an old hog lot and letting it grow. I didn't even know if that was going to work. STRIKE 3!
Well I was wrong. (See I can admit it hubby!) It worked and watermelons grew. This is the result.
That is my foot in the lower left for a sort of comparison of the size of this thing.
This thing is only 10 pounds less than the quarterback on my son's football team!
I put the yardstick in front just so you can get a feel for the length of the watermelon.
OK, so technically it was 59 pounds. I am still amazed. We could have had a 100 pounder if it had actually rained! Anyone wanna come over for some watermelon?
I guess this will be my last gardening post for a bit as we have nothing left to harvest.
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