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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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[–] SchmidtGenetics 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Its 100% watermelon the only gourds I started are pumpkins and they were only 1 seed per pod.

And yes you’re right, but without starting them extra early you won’t be able to get the crop to finish in time here, the can go on the ground last week, but can still frost for another week here. So the advice is start 6 weeks before last frost. And life and nature has been getting in the way, so here we are.

[–] The_v 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, but it's 100% a pumpkin. When the flowers open up in a few days compare them to pictures of male flowers of pumpkins versus watermelons.

It's counter-intuitive but starting them 6 weeks early actually delays how fast cucurbits develop in the field. The larger the cucurbits plant is, the more severely they are affected by transplant shock. I don't know where you got your recommendation from, but it's incorrect.

[–] SchmidtGenetics -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The fact that our growing window is not even 90 days so it’s the only way to grow any gourds and stuff like that.

They could be cantaloupes… but only one of those started.