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Gardening

Bayard

(22,069 posts)

5. Watermelons

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 12:31 PM

Mar 2020

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I've been making a new watermelon bed in a different area. Over the winter, been filling with used hay, horse manure, and leaves. About a foot high now. Can I use straw bales on top of that for planting my watermelons and cantaloupes, instead of dirt hills? Will composted horse manure (the really old stuff, good and decomposed) for the nitrogen in the bales?

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If you have some sun in your yard, this is a perfect time to grow something! COVID-19 therapy! [View all] NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 OP

I started tomatoes indoors. femmocrat Mar 2020 #1

Started mine too mgardener Mar 2020 #11

Putting in our raised bed veggie garden finally! Canoe52 Mar 2020 #2

Couple questions for you Bayard Mar 2020 #3

hollyhocks, zinnias, apples - even squash and cukes - are prone to downy mildew NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #6

Nice Website Tbear Mar 2020 #4

Watermelons Bayard Mar 2020 #5

hmmm.... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #7

Thank you dear! Bayard Mar 2020 #9

I planted flats of lettuce, kale and arugula MyMission Mar 2020 #8

k/r patricia92243 Mar 2020 #10

What would you recommend as a covid crop ? drray23 Mar 2020 #12

let me ponder and do a proper response when I am on my laptop NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #14

A few thoughts below NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #15

Thank you so much. drray23 Mar 2020 #16

This is great thank you. mahina Mar 2020 #13

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