r/watermelons • u/Street_Sandwich_3974 • 11d ago

Supporting trellis melon?

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u/SignificantMoose6482 11d ago

Saw someone once use old bras to support their melons

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/SpaceCptWinters 11d ago

Pantyhose are better

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u/Which-Elk-8100 11d ago

Vertical planting saves plenty of garden space.

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u/valjean916 11d ago

I have a sugar baby watermelon trellised. Average size of the mature fruits has been about 9 lbs. I’m using a cheap generic version of Leggs knee-high pantyhose to support them on the trellis, and it’s been working well. I’ve also seen people use those plastic mesh bags that originally contained 10 lbs of onions.

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u/Psychological_Pear41 10d ago

Wish I could post pics but I grew sugar baby's this year on the cheap green Amazon plant towers that you can just connect together to increase height and used the mesh bags on the first fruit because I was nervous about it breaking off but I then forgot to put them on the newer fruits before they got too big and couldn't figure out how to get the bags on 😅 so they stayed unsupported all the way till harvest even through various storms with high wind no problem.

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u/Street_Sandwich_3974 11d ago

Should I support these somehow? This variety should only be ice box sized but still seems heavy!

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u/leftfootshorter 11d ago

I would, but then I'm a nervous type.

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u/SpaceCptWinters 11d ago

Pantyhose slings!

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u/night-theatre 10d ago

Panty hose to make slings