How Many Watermelons Do You Need To Plant?

Greg shows us just how many watermelons you can plant!
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[@lindahipple4817]

Hi Greg, you forgot to add in the fertigation and water expense for those on city water. Still a great deal for the seed price, can't beat the great taste, and the big smiles on others' faces when they taste these! Priceless! God bless.

[@carolavant3778]

Wow! that's a lot of watermelons! Your family and neighbors are lucky, indeed! And once again, you've shown us that starting your own plants will save you a ton of money. I can attest that it's true!

[@j.b.6855]

Nice to know the averages per plant for watermelon. I planted 3 watermelons for the first time in a spot that is going to be an expansion of my garden come fall. Its about 30'x20'. I could have put a few more in, but the space isnt going to waste I have some tomato suckers I rooted in containers there as well. Not sure how much the watermelons will take over the space. But I can move the tomatoes easily.

[@CAyellowtail]

First time watermelon grower here. Im hooked! Got fantastic Sangria and Wilson's this season. Only a couple plants each. But we harvested 4 sangria and 5 Wilson's. The sangria's are super sweet and crisp. Im going to blow up my whole yard next year with melons. I can't wait

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sounds great!

[@tommathews3964]

That's a nice breakdown there, Greg! Some folks don't understand and appreciate "bountiful" ! :) Can't ever have too many!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Absolutely!

[@small-timegarden]

This demo came at the right time. I realise theres consistency with your video here and another done a few years ago with regard to spacing. I realize that with your advice I should be growing 3 times what I am growing in the space I have right now. Thanks for this

[@small-timegarden]

Hi Greg, I have a question, please. What would happen if the larger vine plants are spaced like the icebox varieties are? Would the production decline?

[@garyschmelzer]

Good to see your video Greg always informative hope yall doing great

[@FinznFowl82]

I dont know how yall make these videos, I sweat too much. I'd have to change clothes several times. Yall have my utmost respect. Love the videos, looking forward to my next pack of seeds, just got a few in the mail yesterday.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Appreciate that! Sweating is good for ya though!

[@lareemcra347]

Greg I have had a hell of a time with trying to transplant seedling watermelon and pumpkin plants. I seem to be like the kiss of death to the little fellas. Could you do a video on proper transplanting and avoiding or curing transplant shock?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Great idea

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Always fun guys. From Harrow Ontario Canada

[@saraschoen9818]

Love the gardening with Greg short videos!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad you like them! More to come!

[@williamjohnson6152]

One heck of a good video! Thanks 👍

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks William

[@cristobalpacheco4202]

I like a video on how you inject the fertilizer through the drip tape, thank You

[@gardeningwithhoss]

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[@jawick]

.10 cents a seed is great! What are you fertilizer and water costs?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good question. Will need to add that.

[@mankind2112]

Any chance you might try those seedless watermelons next season Greg? I don't want to plant them until a pro does it first.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

yes.

[@donnastormer9652]

That math was very helpful, thanks!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mibi2999]

Q: How many watermelons do you need to plant? Gardener: yes.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching.

[@HoneybeePatriot]

Awesome Video Greg! I'll be adding these to my Shopping Cart! We love to dehydrate watermelon- makes a DELICIOUS heathy candy and stores well-! -Suzie Wineholt, = )

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks Suzie! We appreciate it!

[@david.6040]

I got a small plot in the backyard 20x20, with 4 baby doll plants in it, got 8 ish watermelons almost ready.

[@LacyO86]

How big do they look to be? Someone above said their baby dolls were 20 lbs!!

[@david.6040]

@@LacyO86 mine look just like the ones in the video.

[@dn744]

Trying in the UK but in a polly tunnel

[@murraywelden2076]

i have about 8 watermelon plants in a 17.5 gallon muck/chore bucket. How many should I leave---they are monoecious varieties. Water is of ample supply and I plan on letting them scramble about the yard.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

1-2

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Going by my past success with water melons, I might get 2 or 3 out of that handful of seeds.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sorry to hear that

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

@@gardeningwithhoss That's why we trust those good people in Georgia to supply us with those delicious water melons.

[@syntychiahintsin-tee-shaks2256]

Small time watermelon men sell those yellow fleshed melons for almost $15 on the roadside up here in NY. This is why I’m growing my own using Hoss seeds.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Wow! $15?!

[@syntychiahintsin-tee-shaks2256]

@@gardeningwithhoss true story.

[@idahohoosier8989]

I have y'all's seeds, they were doing well, 80° days, then we dropped to 50° as a high for 2+ weeks. Watermellons, beets, peppers died. Restarted. 🤞 🙏🏻

[@gardeningwithhoss]

👍🏼

[@sshumkaer]

Is that 2 harvesting even possible in North Dakota?

[@jaynagala5819]

Wow, a really cool topic.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks

[@mommajscountrygardening]

Awesome information

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MJ-mg6jy]

These would look great on a trellis.

[@romannavratilid]

So i did a little math and it comes out like: One watermelon plant per 0,6141 square meters (which is some high intensity growing :-) ) And you get 1 watermelon fruit (3.62 kg weight per watermelon fruit on average) per 0,2568m2 (square meter) planted... Or said differently - you get 3,89 watermelons per each 1m2 (square meter) planted... Somebody might find this useful 🙂 I counted you as you having a plot the size of 1215 sq feet instead of your mentioned 1080 square feet because you must accoutn additional 0,5 row space on both sides since the vines will grow there too. I counted as you having the plot of 113 square meters (1215 sq ft) instead of your mentioned 100 square meters (1080 sq ft). If all these square meters and meters sound crazy to you, use google for translation :-))

[@lukestory5042]

Question: When y’all bag seeds, do y’all count out how many seeds by hand or do y’all estimate

[@jenniferspeers2453]

It will be both. Depends on the seed, depends on pack size. Some will be counted ex. A self polinating cucumber seed, or a specified 10pk tomato. Most others will be based on weight. Each gram may have 700 carrot seeds in it, or 698, 703 etc. So if you order a larger package with 1 ouce of carrot seeds you can expect about 20,000 seeds. They aren't counting that, for sure.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We hand count packets, we have a machine for the bigger packs.

[@levelhorizons397]

How long do you water and how often? In your plot of course

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Every other day for an hour

[@levelhorizons397]

@@gardeningwithhoss I've been watering everyday for 2 hours with drip. You think that's too much? I'm on long Island with sandy soil.

[@JulianJohnston919]

What kind of melon is that yellow? I never seen that before.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Baby Doll

[@JulianJohnston919]

@@gardeningwithhoss Oh ok, I am going to have to try it, thanks pal.

[@markware7748]

I don't believe I could eat more than twenty or thirty of them. I don't have the soil or the space but I would dearly love to taste a Baby Doll watermelon some day.

[@micheldickson9754]

I have counted 8 melons on my one plant. Is that bad??

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Ideally you only want 2-4 per plant

[@AgriSmart1]

2 packs

[@lareemcra347]

I see you are looking at the expense of raising your own Vs. buying. I think you come out better at the grocery store. For instance, I can by sweet corn at Food Lion sometimes 5 ears for a dollar. My Peaches and Cream seed didn't cost much, but there's the water, fertilizer, gas for the tiller, pesticides... and a good strong storm could wipe me out. But I enjoy messing with the plants just like you do.

[@lareemcra347]

@TXplowgirl I don't think you can stay away from synthetic fertilizers and GMO foods unless you only eat what comes from your garden or from people you know and trust. I am in no position to do that so I eat the Frankenstein foods... meat full of hormones and antibiotics, grains sprayed with Round Up Glyphosate, vegetables such as Romaine lettuce full of salmonella and E Coli. Bon Appetit!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching.

[@cg3251]

Wow!!!! 400 watermelons!? Funny thing is...I actually put FREE HEIRLOOM, NO PESTICIDES grown tomatoes out last year on a table in my town. The tomatoes were FANTASTIC! NOT ONE tomato was taken..... HOW do you find people to take the bounty of harvest?

[@samuelelrod8472]

That's a good problem to have!

[@cg3251]

@@samuelelrod8472 Idk, I really wanted people to take them off the table, bc I had too many. It was like a free tomato stand....instead they went to waste. I grew less plants this year.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We have no problem. Everyone has learned they will be free watermelons under tree week of July 4th.

[@cg3251]

@@gardeningwithhoss Maybe people just have to get into an idea that there is plenty to share, if someone is offering and putting it out there for the taking, using the bountiful harvest is good . I would have rather the tomatoes were eaten by someone than go to the compost bin.

[@markware7748]

Put out a sign "Homegrown Tomatoes 4 for a dollar". They'll be gone in an hour. People think that if something's free that it has no value.

[@pinesparrow]

enough to watermelon crawl 😁

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Ha! Only a certain few know about that Watermelon Crawl!

[@cjr4497]

I'm lucky if I get one melon per plant, LOL.

[@nigellablossom]

I want to see the cat that can eat 16 watermelons 🤣🤣🤣

[@gardeningwithhoss]

we need to video him doing this.

[@blainecelestaine4543]

Fiya

[@ericcartwright1390]

I wish I was your neighbor!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

:)

[@kenshinhimura9387]

What's even the point? You can only eat so many watermelons in a given time and they all ripen at the same time so you will have a ton of watermelons that will just rot before you can eat them.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We share with our neighbors and friends. If any left, our horses and chickens get to enjoy.