Growing watermelons?

Question

is there a secret to growing then? they are usually almost tastless

Answer 1

The trick to making watermelons sweet is about 2 to 3 weeks before harvest time you back off on watering them and let them produce thier natural sugars.. too much watering in the final ripening stage simply floods the melons with water and does not let the sugars produce as they should..Water only when You see the edges of the leaves start to curl up when in this ripening stage...

My plants..

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Answer 2

they need LOTs of heat to get sweet.

I Live in AZ and the tempurature in the summer is like 110 everyday.

My watermelons grow very big and very sweet..

I also give them ALOT of water

Goodluck

Answer 3

Depends on the type of watermelons and

how you plant & care for them.

Especially, the type of watermelons.

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