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Thursday, May 03, 2012
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Carolyn Phillips
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Nauvoo, Alabama
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My soil is not rich enough to grow world records and I am not rich enough to make it happen. I do what I can. I enjoy growing large veggies and I know manure is the key but if you don't have a key, you have to figure out how to break the door down. I haven't figured that out yet. Meanwhile, I have 17 rabbits and about 8 on the way.(new babies) I have amended the soil to the best of my income and will have to feed the plants rabbit manure tea and rabbit manure. I also have 25 chickens.
I want to grow a large watermelon but not sure if it is worth my effort in trying to grow for bragger rights. I planted two Carolina Cross anyway. They are mutts. One is in the garden and one is in a 100 gallon container. The container has 3 five gallon buckets of rabbit manure and a gallon of chicken manure, promix, peat moss, compost manure, lime, and bone meal. Not sure if i want it to grow one or several melons. I'm not growing pedigree so it is hard to find someone that would even talk to me about growing in a container. Anyway, I have clay soil. It is some ugly stuff too but it does have a sandy top soil. I planted a carolina cross in a 10x10 raised bed. I know the plant will travel much further than that but this is where I will water and feed the plant. That area has 2 bales of promix, 11 bags of commercial compost, lime, gypsum, and bone meal mixed into the bed. A poor womans watermelon hill. Question is, do I grow just one or set several for the dinner table? Pics are in transit.
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