The Watermelon is a delicious summer fruit which can be very refreshing on those hot summer days. Follow the adventure of becoming a watermelon from seed2seed.

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Day 97: Canceling this experiment

It’s been quite a while since my last entry, as there was just nothing happening to the watermelon plants. They just stayed the same size and what’s even worse, were starting to foul or...

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Day 52: Getting used to the new home

It’s been a while since the replanting of the watermelon shoots and getting used to the new home hasn’t worked out for all of them. Some just didn’t seem to root properly and started...

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Day 39: Desperately needing a replant

I should have done it earlier, but today I felt the energy and motivation to replant the seedlings. They have already grown so much! As mentioned in a previous post, I don’t like the...

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Day 30: Longer stems and bigger leaves

The slow but steady growth is wonderful to watch. Every day there’s a bit more of the plant to look at. It just baffles me to see the morphing of little leaves as they...

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Day 25: Slowly but surely

As the title says, the watermelon plants are coming along slowly but surely. Honestly, I would have expected them to grow a bit faster, but hey, slowly does it too 🙂 The leaves are...

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Day 20: Coming along nicely

The watermelon shoots are coming along very well and are starting to get more and more leaves. As they are getting a bit crowded in the pot, I may have to remove some of...

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Day 16: The 3rd leaf

Today I’ve seen the third leaf pop out on a few of the shoots, so cute! To me this is a great sign, they seem to be very happy with their home and environment....

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Day 14: Time for a bigger pot

Just like the first load of radishes, the time has also come to make some space for the watermelon shoots. Basically what I did, is prepare some bigger pots with more compost in them...

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Day 14: Growing rapidly

In the past few days, the watermelon shoots have literally been “shooting” skywards. It’s amazing how all the seeds have managed to become a plant, it baffles me. Being off season I would have...

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Day 9: Rise and Shine

Today the seedlings have managed to pop their heads out the soil to take in their first boost of sunshine 🙂 Honestly, I wasn’t sure if they were going to or not… The season...