The watermelons are doing just fine under the plastic dome. They are reaching out from under the plastic and tiny watermelons are forming. The wheat straw from the wheat harvest is placed underneath the vines so the watermelon can rest on a nice bed and not wallow in the mud. Then we pluck the non-fruiting flowers and mate them with the fruiting buds so help with the pollination process, just in case nature needs a hand. We make sure each vine has no more than 5-7 melons forming and clip the ends of the vines to promote the fruit development rather than vine growth.
Watermelons are obachan's hobby. Right now, the early harvests are selling melons at $10 each...ours will ripen in the middle of summer when the price becomes lower but we use ours for personal consumption.
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