Close up to watermelon seeds
Make a small hole around 1~2cm deep for each seed
Pot size are est 12 inch in diameter and height
let it a little spacing between each other
Watering it
seed germination around 6-8 days
Day 1 :D
Now watch it grow day by day
at this moment it already need some lean
but I decide to let it "flow" into ground
put some simply support
remove one of it, left only one
after all this is just a small pot
keep the nutrients for it
Rainy Day :D
watering the plant twice a day, morning and evening
fertilizer added every 2 week or once per month
Touch the floor and add some weight on the tendrill
This help to stabilise it from wind that might damage the stem
male flower start opening now
for every 7 male flowers then follow by female flower
reposition the plant
busy ants and the beautiful flower :D
remove the first female flower
And keep the second female flower
Cute the end of the stem after pollination
I add a lotus leaf below the fruit as protection again heat and prevent rub on the floor
cut extra vines that grow beside the leaf
The melon start growing while the leaf start dying from the root
Harvesting Day :D
Let focus again on the fruit grow at begining
the female flower
The male flower and the busy ants
female flower at morning
manual pollination and panic ants :P
after pollination
add lotus leaf below as protection again the floor
prevent again rubbing and heat
it start growing
Day 5
This watermelon varieties have darker skin color
The sun hours on my balcony are est 6 hours
Check the tiny leaf beside the melon
if the leaf is dying/die mean the melon are ready for harvest
harvesting the melon
1.1kg or 2.4 pounds
the bottom of melon, the yellow spot is the part hidden from sunlight
Let see :p
woow... :D
Look at these beautiful symmetry texture
yup..already eaten :P
Taste sweet as usual, just like regular watermelon :D
beautiful symmetry texture
Thank for watching :D