Big Heirloom Watermelon Harvest From The Garden And A Taste Test

In this video I will be harvesting four large watermelons from the garden. We will weigh them and do a taste test, and then pick a favorite. The varieties we will be harvesting today are Klondike Striped Blue Ribbon, Orangeglo, and Yellow Moon and stars. Thanks for watching! Don't forget to subscribe to my channel for more garden videos.
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[@sarah_farm]

Your video is a great reminder of the value of patience and perseverance. It takes a lot of time and effort to grow and harvest melons and oranges, but the end result is so worth it. And the fact that you're able to make a living by selling them at the market is even more impressive. Keep up the great work! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[@seascalloper]

Nice Watermelons!

[@OMWP3]

So juicy!! I can’t wait until my vine produces.

[@henryreece9453]

I grew yellow watermelon this year but didn't know how to put the male flower to the female til I watched your videos..thank you for this.

[@lucasgrowsbestyt]

Give this video a year or two Christa, and it will hit 1,000,000 views!

[@neoalan1811]

Because of this video this year I’m going to plant 4 watermelon plants this year

[@potattoggled]

who else is watching this in the summer and is like 👁️👄👁️

[@hastycontemplation]

Christa. Thank you so much for your vids, they have helped me to learn so much. Last year I learned anout klondike striped blue ribbon from you and was determined to grow it, and yesterday I harvested my first and it is 17 pounds 10 ounces! I also have a moon and stars ready to pick. Tomorrow is the big day, I am going to taste it, I can't wait, and I can't wait to see if I got it at the correct ripeness. The tendril was brown so it should be good. O, and one more thing, I just found 3 more watermelons, hope they finish growing before the frost!

[@iloveeatingglue]

Like if you’ve never seen an orange watermelon before

[@bnalls-demar3612]

My most favorite fruit in the World. Yummmm!

[@lucasgrowsbestyt]

Man, Christa, you are definitely the watermelon queen! You should grow some good ol' fashioned jack o'lanterns next year. I did not realize there are so many varieties of watermelons out there, even yellow ones!! Thanks for the great video :) Lucas.

[@ChristasGarden]

thanks. My husband actually grows a whole bunch of pumpkins across the street from our house. I may make a video about them soon if my husband wants to talk about them.

[@socialbuttafly1707]

Aren't those just BEAUTIFUL!

[@pheapkim978]

I would give up a fruit for life to try these watermelons

[@user-vz8wp7ff5h]

I Like red watermelons

[@ekamischelinnapricillia7618]

so beautiful watermelons

[@zafariqbal-or6xv]

Stunning

[@quick895]

Wow great harvest crista

[@M_T_outdoors]

Good result!

[@1.0v.3]

what the fuck i thought that only existed one type of watermelon holyyy this is so AWESOME

[@JanahLife]

Wow delicious 👌🏽

[@omarahmed2444]

Thank you for your answer.

[@mijakwon2394]

Wow, Great gob😀

[@Algorithm347]

I love nothing more than a couple of juicy water melons to grab hold of .

[@rizwanarizwana8651]

I never seen such a beautiful ting in my life This water melon are really amazing 👌😍♥♥🙌

[@SK-lt1so]

Everyone should have the experience of eating a ripe watermelon straight from the garden at least once in their life.

[@50shadesofgreen]

You'll be eating melon till the cow come home lol !! Thanks for sharing

[@jt007nevertriedwillneverkn5]

Awesome

[@ervinaccsh3242]

Watermelon is my favorite 😊

[@mr.willie9578]

Darn christa got me wanting some watermelon 🍉 I love them 😍

[@mickelion6198]

Wonderful

[@wildchook745]

Orangeglo is my favourite.

[@earlybird5372]

First time m seeing orange watermelon 🍉

[@portiaholliday8741]

I've gotta get some Klondike Striped Blue Ribbon seeds!

[@Pondandgardensanctuary]

First time seeing orange watermelon

[@Nelson4207]

Great video! 👍 Thank you.

[@ChristasGarden]

Thanks for watching.

[@Nelson4207]

Christa's Garden I showed my wife this video today. She said an orange watermelon!? Lol 😊 We are gonna plant some orange and yellow next year now. 😉 We tried different reds this year, being our first. We had crimson, black diamond, sugar baby and icebox this year as well as some cantaloupe (I forget the strain) We struggled with some rotting melons this year and learned some lessons. 👍 I definitely want to try the moon and stars!, but I hear the orange isn't as sweet as the reds and the yellows aren't as sweet as the orange. 🍉 Have you had a yellow one, if so would you agree? Thank you for your response... made my day. 😉

[@ishpal25]

Anybody else fascinated with the moon and star the has the moon exactly in the middle

[@ChristasGarden]

Prettiest watermelon I ever grew! Hopefully another one will turn out like that one someday. It was perfect.

[@potattoggled]

yea

[@Mrsnufleupagus]

Hey there, super awesome to see the cutting open, crazy colours and the taste test! I have zero luck with melons, but sure loved watching this:)

[@ChristasGarden]

Thanks for watching! Yeah the colors are amazing.

[@fireeye33]

What a great video!

[@ChristasGarden]

Thanks!

[@ProGaming-gl4fc]

I love it’s

[@RepentanceGarden]

Congratulations!! Great harvest!!!

[@ChristasGarden]

Thank You!

[@INFORAGAMPERTANIAN]

nice video .thanks

[@amyliu6409]

interesting video to watch. Thanks

[@TristansMom10]

I'm so disappointed I didn't get a moon and stars when I saw them in my local nursery! I'd never heard of them so I just went with the sugar baby because I knew that one. I might go back and get one! My mouth was watering throughout this whole video! They look great!

[@tonyj6820]

The one watermelons has ventiligo 😂

[@valeriesanchez3074]

They're all eye candy 🍬

[@elianelopesdossantossantos583]

delicious !! melon fruit favorit ♡

[@elianelopesdossantossantos583]

😘

[@neverenoughdirt]

Yeah, watermelon!

[@ChristasGarden]

thanks for commenting again. :)

[@neverenoughdirt]

You bet! ;D

[@victoriacandiotti-langan130]

tHANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO!! :) I am growing watermelons for the first time in Chicago. The Moon and Stars variety. I can't harvest them yet, but when I do, I will share my results. I hope that the weather cooperates with them. It has been an unusually cool August.

[@ChristasGarden]

Good luck with yours! August has been unusually cool here as well.

[@jdmrm9856]

Yummmmy

[@thegardeningaddictchannel4112]

Hey Christa, thanks for the review. I had a feeling you were going to pick the Klondike.... they all look amazing!! T

[@ChristasGarden]

Thank you! It is a good one.

[@lisabbm217]

Yummy 😋

[@lockwoan01]

Sounds useful. I plan to grow some melons this year.

[@ChristasGarden]

Good luck!

[@lockwoan01]

Got a couple of varieties that only take 80 days, so hopefully I'll have enough time to grow them, as I live in Western New York, which in not prime watermelon territory, and I have no experience growing them. Do you have a video on growing them?

[@ChristasGarden]

I have a LOT of videos on growing watermelons. Try putting black landscape fabric on the ground. It keeps the soil extra warm and watermelons love that. Here is a playlist for you : kzbin.info/aero/PLOq3ytujg1revBMN4u1bkWXsIAP0vz9WC

[@lockwoan01]

Thank you.

[@oneilcampbell3739]

hi love what you doing so amazing. I wish I could get some of those melons seeds

[@weasy121]

I wished they’d sell these varieties in the stores.

[@demetriuspowell29]

Most don't ship or store well

[@lolasukma2354]

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[@jobelb.garcela9476]

My way of harvesting real ripe water melon is to make sure that the Leaf is half gray or the CURLY parts of the vine connected to fruit is dried grayish totally.

[@sariputri9687]

Yummm look so goood

[@unamoala5752]

Yummy

[@phoenixsx1]

Any body else see the magic cat appear out of nowhere 😳

[@dreamangelsgarden5078]

lol so cute

[@ishpal25]

Its a glitch in the matrix

[@MJkatzTheWriter]

I was hoping the kitty would jump up on the table to inspect the fruit. Kitties need to be in charge, you know! 😆😆😆

[@Happyplants]

Waoo nice, we are also growing some varieties here let see how it goes

[@YoshimaBooks]

Crispy! Lol. But these are beautiful watermelons! I hadn't heard or tried those varieties.

[@memberson]

The watermelon Lady of KZbin

[@harveee2829]

The fruit looks great, but you have beautiful hands. (I was a manicurist for many years.)

[@MichaelGawesebmainone]

I dried water melon seeds and threw at base of other plants not expecting, but couple of small ones came. I hope it grow larger

[@jamaicaorlando198]

I am not a fan of a watermelon but your watermelons look so delicious!

[@carlangelo7807]

The orange one is mouthwatering! So ORANGIEEEEE!

[@lucasgrowsbestyt]

Christa is your cat magic? At 1:46 it disappeared! LOL ;)

[@ChristasGarden]

Glitch in the matrix! lol.

[@lucasgrowsbestyt]

Hahaha I wonder where Neo is.

[@joaobatistabianchemachado9456]

Bealtiful

[@ChristasGarden]

Hi guys! I know that most of you have already watched this video. I had to remove the old one and upload this one to replace it. Apparently some of the words I used in the description were deemed not suitable for advertisers or monetization by an automated system so I made some edits and reuploaded. Funny thing is, my video description was squeaky clean..... so not sure what the problem was. Thanks to everyone that commented on my video previously! I really appreciate all of your support!

[@soag3526]

Christa's Garden Are the two yellow one s hybrids?

[@ChristasGarden]

@@soag3526 Sorry I just saw this comment. They are both open pollinated varieties.

[@soag3526]

Christa's Garden okay have you tried melons that are yellow inside.Saw a video of them wondered what they taste like ?

[@reneebell1209]

Christa's Garden I have a question about watermelon seeds I notice that some of your watermelon seeds look white with brown specks. I recieved a pack of seeds like that my question is are they valuable seeds to plant and produce a watermelon

[@ChristasGarden]

@@reneebell1209 Different watermelon varieties have different colored seeds. I think most people are used to seeing the black seeded varieties at the store. Some varieties have black seeds, some brown, some red, some white, some speckled, all of them are good to grow.

[@HealthyLifeFarm]

Wow Christa, they all look delicious. Have a great weekend! :)

[@zafariqbal-or6xv]

Love from Pakistan

[@neanam]

Peace from South Memphis

[@user-pc8sp8hr6i]

Nice

[@ChristasGarden]

Thank you!

[@ChristasGarden]

Do you grow watermelons?

[@user-pc8sp8hr6i]

Christa's Garden yes I do i bring watermelon seeds from China in my last journey

[@user-pc8sp8hr6i]

I hope if I and you became friends

[@user-pc8sp8hr6i]

You are very clever and intelligent

[@malinachanel9453]

Terbaik..

[@christineromero9198]

Do you save your seeds? Do you get a good grow rate?

[@praveenvlogs387]

Great work upload more video.

[@magnificent6668]

I'm dying here. It's April in the Midwest, and not a decent watermelon to be found. 🤤

[@marcusyong4840]

hi Christa, is it possible to plant watermelons with just garden soil and water? just as simple as that?

[@nickyparettijr.7308]

One is a jubilee and one is a Charleston grey

[@rootsoflife9793]

What di you fertilize with

[@AhmadAli-ti4yz]

Yes this orangelo water melon is unique in flesh color and taste its from portugese since 2 seasons i am cultivating this orangelos orange color flesh water melons in saudi Arabia seeds sown in mid march harvesting mid july. 120 days we have a problum with this fruit craking may be due to heavy temperatures 40 c+ and blotchy ness tip of fruit become rotton we have saline soil this i control by providing calcium sulphate ..your sujjetions in this regards highly appreciated thanks ....

[@dailycurrentaffairs.7547]

I have never seen a watermelon having orange color. Amazing Here in Pakistan, we have red color watermelon

[@ChristasGarden]

What is your favorite watermelon variety? Do you grow them?

[@dailycurrentaffairs.7547]

No, I don't grow watermelon. But I usually eat them in summer, when it's season is on peak. I actually don't know much about varieties, but I have never seen yellow and orange watermelon. We only have red watermelon having seeds in Pakistan.

[@dailycurrentaffairs.7547]

We have watermelons like the first one that u cut in your video at 2:15 - 2:25

[@pfeenxh]

I dehydrate mine. You should try

[@rodney73991]

i take cut cubes freeze in ice cream buckets. then bleed into drinks later with other fruit. were get seeds from burblee were i like get seed from they decided not have colored watermelon this year. some say scam or food coloring. but purple and blue watermelon looks some cut open tast it.

[@rizwanarizwana8651]

Ohhhhh my God It is reall????😱

[@rickymcdaniel460]

1:49 Abracadabra

[@geaj4214]

Juice it, it will be so good with ice

[@seraph3900]

Oh my God that cat just teleported from nowhere in 1:39 :0

[@MollyMcBooter]

Dura's Grace lol

[@mat77084]

I have clay soil. How do I plant watermelon in that soil?

[@Sheenasalesthriftytreasures]

Your watermelons look amazing love the moon & star, beautiful thank you for the video, i sub ~Sheena whats the best way to tell when they are ripe?

[@ChristasGarden]

Thank you! Yes the Yellow M&S is soooo pretty. The best looking variety that I have grown by far. Here is a video that goes into detail about how to pick a ripe one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fV7RnGedmqZpnpI

[@Sheenasalesthriftytreasures]

Christa's Garden thank you

[@flirtingwithsewing5164]

How long do they take to ripen?

[@ronaldodouglas290]

how do you water your watermelon plants? by drip irrigation? if so how long do you water them for, and do you use 1gph emitters?

[@ChristasGarden]

I only water them when they are first planted and during the hottest days of summer in July. Other than that we get enough rain here and I have clay soil (clay holds on to water longer than other soil types so I don't need drip irrigation.

[@ladygardener9845]

Its my 10th time watching!!! I just cant get enough of it haha 😂

[@ChristasGarden]

Watermelons are fun to grow. Do you grow them?

[@natalieluders378]

We get these weird types of melons here in western Australia they grow on the side of the road they get as big as a rock melon in America you call cantaloupe . These melons ive always called pig melon ive heard when western Australia was settled they brought them over here to feed camels cause they grown everwhere even in the desert plus they hold an incredible amount of water ive never had the guts to try them

[@ChristasGarden]

Are they toxic to humans? I just read that they might be toxic to livestock. They sure have an interesting look about them.

[@williamcolemansgardenandal9017]

A very serious question here Christa. At 1:43 in the video, the cat appeared to scratch itself into oblivion. If I grow these watermelons, will they have the same effect on the people building the monster home next door?

[@ChristasGarden]

Absolutely!

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

William Coleman's Garden and Allotment no, it came back at 1.56!

[@heatherbell9255]

William Coleman's Garden and Allotment j

[@lindaclark5911]

Try black diamond, you cut your melons different than we do in iowa

[@omarahmed2444]

I planted pumpkin and its stem is long ...I want to move the seedling should I bury a part of stem or no???

[@ChristasGarden]

Hi Omar, I am not really sure. Some plants don't mind being buried deeper into the soil but others do. Since your plant is leggy, I would go ahead and plant some additional pumpkin seeds right alongside the leggy plant so you have a backup, direct seeded right into your garden. You can always thin them out later. Good luck!

[@edsutton276]

Where do you buy the Klondike Striped and yellow moon and stars, am growing orangeglo this season.

[@ChristasGarden]

I have bought them from various sources over the years. Superseeds.com has both of them.

[@cooperstan581]

Christa, did you check the little 3 inch growth to see if it turned brown ? i just now harvested about 30 melons and i checked the little stem to see if it turned brown. also look under the watermelon to see if it has turned white then yellow. these are the signs that they are ripe. my melons weighed from 36 to 45.5 pounds , also i may be wrong but i think your melons were picked too early, because they don"t look long enough. any way good vidio. P.S. I was growing Jubilee , so they might be the correct size for the Knondike veroity, God bless, Stan

[@ChristasGarden]

Hi Stan, Yes I checked the tendrils. Length and Size isn't really an indicator of ripeness, melons can be various lengths and sizes.Growing conditions like soil, climate, plant spacing, etc, can all effect size, genetics are a factor as well, some varieties are meant to grow bigger than others. As for the spot on the ground...many varieties will never get an orange spot, only a creamy white or yellow spot. I have noticed that melons with light green rinds always have lighter spots. Sounds like you had a nice watermelon harvest this year. Congratulations.

[@nicoleford4654]

Gimme, gimme♥️ I want to grow watermelons so badly

[@wsmith6270]

I am in the Caribbean, where could one purchase seeds in the USA?

[@arigaengland5005]

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