Comments on: HOW TO GROW THE WORLD’S LARGEST WATERMELON

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:35:25 +0000

Greetings from the swamps of SW Louisiana. I currently live in the middle of what once was a lively water melon field about 5 years ago. I recently planted some Carolina Cross seed from ferry morse that were given to me and was told they could be so giants. and was curious as to see if i might get some pointers an suggestions from those in amongst the water melon loving community i also planted a few moon & stars and some seed from a melon market what a melon. i have a lot of room to work with and i have had some luck in the past with just regular melons so figure what the heck we love us some melons here in the south.
Thanks
Adrian

By: marcia K

marcia K — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:08:10 +0000

my greatgrandfather had watermelons on his farm in oklahoma(Caddo county) that regularly went over a 100#… I have an old photo somehwere where it too 3 men to carry one. I miss breaking open a giant melon, washing my hands, breaking open another (in the field of course) and just eating the hearts.. ah the good old days.. these melons were so sweet too..not like most today, or is it that watermelons were sweeter when you were younger?

By: The Watermelon Guy

The Watermelon Guy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:29:41 +0000

WOW! An 800 pound pumpkin? That thing would be a blast to carve up for Halloween. And don’t even get me started on how many seeds you could roast from that thing.

By: Linda A.

Linda A. — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:23:18 +0000

Hi, Watermelon Guy! Interesting blog! Sounds like growing giant watermelons is very similar to growing giant pumpkins. There are special seeds for growing those, too. We don’t grow many watermelons here in New England, but we do grow pumpkins, and I’ve seen some whoppers. Six, seven, eight hundred-plus pounders aren’t all that unusual.