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How to grow water labs in pots or containers:
1. The right pot or container:
Choose a pot or container with a minimum capacity of 5 gallons, making sure it has appropriate drainage holes. Watermelons, being large and fast-growing, require a lot of space and water drainage.
2. Soil type:
Fill the pot with soil or soilless mixture; Avoid the garden soil as it can compact and hinder the growth of watermelons. Choose smaller and compact watermelon varieties suitable for containers.
3. 3. Approved varieties of watermelon containers:
Choosing varieties suitable for pot growth:
- Yellow watermelon
- Watermela Sugar Baby
- Soft watermelon crimson
- Early Catalan watermelon
- Jubilee of watermelon
- Golden dwarf watermelon
- Watermelon Jade Star
- Millennium Watermelon
- Soft watermelon with orange
- Watermelon Queen of Heart
- 4. Plant watermelons:Plant the seeds three times deeper than their length or introduce seedlings started inside or bought. Make sure that the freeze threats are passed before the plantation.
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