Day 20 in the life of the gigantic watermelons

Today I moved some top soil into the garden area to create hills. On top of each hill I transplanted a watermelon plant. These aren’t just any watermelon plants, these are going to produce watermelons up to 200 lbs each. That’s what the package states.

I also located a neighbor who raises racing pigeons. He has offered to keep me supplied with pigeon manure for this special project. Picked up my first sack of manure. People swear by pigeon manure claiming it is the best fertilizer to use. Things are starting to move forward now that the plants are in the ground.

The package states fruit can be harvested in about 100 days. The seeds were planted June 1st. This means harvest time is around mid September. Once the plants are large enough to produce flowers it will probably be mid-July. This leaves about 60 days to grow a 200 lb watermelon. This works out to a watermelon averaging 3 lbs of weight gain per day. Something does not seem to add up. I guess it also means they will require lots of water during the growth time since watermelons are about 90 – 93% water.

Only time will tell.