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  • From: David Consolvo <fruitopia@nexet.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Melons
  • Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 21:59:36 -0500

Yes, I could use more mulch and more mulch, although it worsens my already
bad vole problem. But what is done to grow the watermelons I buy in the
summer which I'm often told were grown in sandy soil in Texas? I can't
imagine the commercial watermelon growers in Texas are mulching all of their
fields. Doesn't their sandy soil run out of nutrition, or are they just
adding lots of fertilizer every year?

David Consolvo

P.S. If I could grow them, I would admit that watermelons are my favorite
fruit.





> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 19:40:23 -0600
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Melons
>
> Sandy soils are notoriously infertile. If melons like sandy soils so much,
> how do they get the nutrition they need to grow so fast in one season?
>
> Mulch--lots of organic mulch that rots and feeds the soil microbes. After
> the ground warms, pile on 3-5 inches of mulch, depending on how hot your
> climate is in the summer. The hotter it is, the more mulch you need to keep
> water from evaporating from the soil rapidly. If you use drip irrigation or
> a soaker hose, put it UNDER the mulch. The mulch also keeps developing
> melons clean.
> Doreen Howard
>
>
>
>
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