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~6 week old watermelon start. Shock or is time to just get it outside in the garden? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by SchmidtGenetics to c/gardening

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Plant it. It looks like it's either starving for nitrogen or maybe has a watering issue. Probably starving for nitrogen.

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago

I was worried about the soil, it’s from last year and was outside, so I was thinking the nutrients had been leached out. I don’t think it’s gonna recover if it’s shock, so I was thinking it was worth the try to plant it with some transplant nutrients and if it shocks or gets frosted it is what it is. I’ve got others for these reasons.

I started hardening them this week, and it’s been rainy, but I’ve kinda gotta start now for next week. So could be multiple things. The adventures of gardening.