How Many Watermelons Per Plant

[Music] hi I'm Nikki from Savvy gardening and today I want to talk about how many watermelons per plant you can expect to harvest the general rule is that you'll typically Harvest two to four watermelons per plant but the final count depends on many factors including the plant spacing growing conditions and the watermelon variety there are many types and varieties of watermelons to grow the most important consideration is to select a variety that has time to mature during the length of your growing season read the Seed Catalog carefully also look at the expected Harvest certain varieties may only produce a fruit or two While others can produce a handful other factors that affect watermelon production include the growing conditions aim to provide an ideal space one with at least eight hours of direct sun each day as well as fertile well-draining soil let's also talk bees watermelons have separate male and female flowers and for pollination to take place pollen must be transferred from the male to the female flowers you can help out by hand pollinating using a small dry paint brush also ensure your plants get plenty of moisture during the growing season water deeply once or twice a week depending on the weather but cut back on watering as the fruits start to ripen three High producing varieties You may wish to try include sugar baby Crimson sweet and Mountain sweet yellow happy growing

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Length: 1min 22sec (82 seconds)

Published: Fri May 12 2023