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Subject:  Comments - Swamp Foot 2026-06-27

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Maurice

Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Quebec, Canada

24 pounds a day?!? I'm no watermelon grower but it sounds crazy pumpkins doing that reach 700+ pounds

6/28/2026 10:53:59 AM

Smallmouth

Upa Creek, MO

Those plants are so far ahead of ours. This is our first year with melons, do you ever get nodes to root or just the main root from transplant site?

6/28/2026 5:59:26 PM

Swamp Foot

Sunken Lands Arkansas

smallmouth, just roots from the transplant stump.
Maurice, I was talking about my Pumpkin on this post.My melons are averaging 4.5 lb per day about dap 23-dap 30.
Sally is one of my pumpkins.

6/28/2026 8:23:54 PM

Swamp Foot

Sunken Lands Arkansas

I have checked roots under weed fabric on young plants and they are well past the plant.

6/28/2026 8:25:34 PM

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