I recall that a friend who does research on deserts says that after a rain in the desert all of a sudden there are melons everywhere (might have been that particular desert, maybe the Namib). Then they are gone because the animals get them all. So maybe your rapid watermelon growth is directly related to the rainfall.
JoVE | Homepage | 07.25.07 - 8:15 am | #

I've been trying to save my tomato plants from marauders. It's either raccoons or groundhogs. Very pesky. Most likely it's raccoons since the damage seems to happen overnight. I'm going to double-net the plants and see if that works.
Susan | Homepage | 07.25.07 - 11:29 am | #

I have two volunteer watermelons. So far I've only found 2 melons, but one plant chose to grow in the "jungle".

I had the "jungle" completely cleaned out in May. It looked great. Then the rains came. And they came. And they came. I live in arid SE Texas. This is unheard of.

I am working to get the jungle cleaned out again, then the garden bed and then plant my fall/2nd summer garden.

My avocado seedling died from sun shock (I guess). Too bad because they do very well here.
gaia | Homepage | 07.27.07 - 8:17 pm | #