Watermelon Success

With the possibility of large hail soon, I tested one of the watermelons today, and it is perfectly ripe, sweet, and juicy....delicious! I've harvested the rest of them.

The variety is Blacktail Mountain.

Growing in the potato bag worked, using fresh potting soil and fertilizing once after the seedlings had true leaves.  I watered once a day, sometimes twice when it was hot and dry. I got one fruit per vine, partly due to losing a few tiny fruits during a cold spell, but the vines are smaller, so that's better for the plant anyway. One vine climbed the fence. Now it's time for dinner!