Here's Jim's Zamzows Gardening tip on how to plant Watermelons & Cantaloupe. He will show you how to condition soil with compost and organic fertilizer. Jim will also show you how to plant from seed and from the plant.

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Jim’s Garden Tip is brought to you by Zamzows, nobody knows like Zamzows. Today, I’m going to show you how to grow mouthwatering watermelons and cantaloupes. To start off with, you’ve got to pick an area that’s fairly large because most melons will vine way out sometimes as much as 10 feet. First, I’ll condition this soil with real, rich compost. Then I’ll put a nice layer of organic fertilizer in. Then I’m going to till this all in real good and rake it into a mound. Melons like to have good drainage. So, I’m going to rake this mound up and plant right in the top of it so there’s plenty of places for that water to go so that they don’t get wet fit. I’m going to show you how to plant from plants and from seeds. To start off, this is a three pack of watermelon in a peat pot. The roots will grow right through that peat pot so I’m not even going to remove it. Set that in just a little bit below the ground level and I’m going to make a little bit of dish here so that it will hold water. And I want to soak this real good so the soil is wet all around the plant. Another way to plant melons is with seeds. I just make my little basin here in the top of my mound and then I just push them down to the first joint of my finger. That’s about one inch and we water them in well. Now, to prevent weeds, I’ll mulch this entire area except for right up on the top of the mound where the melons are. I want to leave that open so the sunshine can really heat that soil up and make them grow fast. I’ve created a molt all around the mound where I planted the melon. The reason behind that is I can bring the garden hose over and put it in here and fill tat molt with water about once a week and water these plants from the bottom up. Join me next week and I’ll show how to add a little color to your garden by planting half whiskey barrels or large pots.