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batgirl
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posted June 16, 2004 01:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for batgirl     Edit/Delete Message
i am growing some watermelon plants in cups and then i find out where i live they dont let you add to the preplanted foliage, or they'll cut it down. is there some way i could grow it from a pot indoors, and just kind of let the melons sit beside the pot or something???

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juniperb
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posted June 16, 2004 01:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message
Hi Batgirl, cute nic

A better alternative ( if you could) would be to put the pot outside in the sunshine. I`m not sure how well they will do indoors but they do grow fine in the greenhouse here so I don`t see why not.

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Randall
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posted June 17, 2004 01:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message

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crystelle
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posted June 18, 2004 06:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for crystelle     Edit/Delete Message
i would say that there is little to no chance you would have any luck with growing melons indoors. they need a nice amount of sun and heat. the larger the pot, the better, and the more sun you can get them in, the better they will do. i have never grown them in pots, but i do grown them in my garden. add some sand to your pots, and they like plenty of water. WATER melon.

good luck!

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batgirl
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posted June 19, 2004 12:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for batgirl     Edit/Delete Message
thanks, here it's more like adding dirt to the sand though. i'll hafta get some pots, the seedlings are outgrowing their cups

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crystelle
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posted June 19, 2004 03:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for crystelle     Edit/Delete Message
ahh, yes thats right. you are in FL? Melons should do very well there

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batgirl
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posted June 21, 2004 05:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for batgirl     Edit/Delete Message
i hope i hope!!!

i'm gonna try em in a big green pot and let the vines drape over the edges. maybe there will be at least one small one

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crystelle
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posted July 11, 2004 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for crystelle     Edit/Delete Message
batgirl,
how are your melons doing??

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Randall
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posted July 17, 2004 10:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
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Randall
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posted October 04, 2004 01:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message

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batgirl
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posted October 05, 2004 12:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for batgirl     Edit/Delete Message
darn rabbits.

i set the plants outside, i found out the lawn trimming people wouldnt mess with the stuff except on one side of the house where they cut the bushes, and within a few days there was no evidence of the little watermelon plants. no watermelelons for me! maybe next year i'll put up a little fence. i didnt think about rabbits

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Randall
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posted October 06, 2004 11:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
Those pesky wabbits.

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OMEGA
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posted October 08, 2004 02:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OMEGA     Edit/Delete Message

GROW them in the Window sill

or on a stand near by.

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