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Water melon in Puna? - birdmove - 06-30-2016
Anyone tried growing water melons here? I'm talking just on a small scale.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
RE: Water melon in Puna? - Carey - 06-30-2016
Neighbors have for years ( decades...) in Keaau town
they all have old tin on the ground & grow the vines up on the tin (we have kabocha pumpkin, no tin, no worries...have no idea if the tin is all that, but also does keep down weeds & barefoot intruders...)
RE: Water melon in Puna? - birdmove - 07-01-2016
Thanks, Carey! I think we'll give it a shot.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
RE: Water melon in Puna? - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 07-01-2016
I grew watermelon the first year I moved to Maui. The melons were large & sweet, far better than anything bought at the grocery store. Then the fruit flies discovered my garden and it was more of a struggle from that time onward.
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RE: Water melon in Puna? - Lee M-S - 07-04-2016
we grew them outside one year, they were tiny, the size of baseballs, but tasted good.
Last year, we grew several the size of basketballs in the greenhouse.
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RE: Water melon in Puna? - Mr nice guy - 07-04-2016
I knew somebody who had great success with watermelons one year and like Hotpe intimated, the following years were not successful due to being stung.
RE: Water melon in Puna? - Kenney - 07-16-2016
Same here. First year was great. Second year they got stung even though I wrapped bags around them. They kept growing and pushing bags off. Darn. Need a greenhouse!