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Sunday, September 16, 2018
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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Once the melons started to run, I lay down a 4' sheet of Black plastic on each side of the row. This gave about a 12' area that weeds would not be able to grow on. Of course the melons outgrew the 12' wide swath in a relatively short time, but at least I knew that the plants would have a 12' section that stayed weed free. Weeds are a big problem for me. Especially with melons! Initially I thinned all the culls,then I fell behind and the plants loaded up with melons. THe smaller plants with the bigger melons wound up growing bigger melons becuase they were able to devote all their energy into the melon. The bigger plants wound up fruiting so heavily that it compromised ultimate fruit size. BUT the yield of total pounds of fruit was insane. I am beginning to wonder if a laid back grower like me would do better with smaller plants and less culling.
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