davaroo
Garden Ornament
Melons and cucumbers (and marrows (squashes) to a lesser degree), are shallow rooted, hot bed plants. This means they do best when their roots are warmed from below. Traditionally, one buries a spade full of manure beneath the roots to decompose and so warm the soil. Alternatively, one plants them on a decomposing dung hill.**Jewels19 said:Wow! I seen the pics but didn't realize you had melons.. It can be done..if you need the space, then growing them in containers wouldn't be a good idea..I can't wait to see your containers flourish!davaroo said:If you look at the pic, at my Tire Tubs, youll see the ones on the left have MELONS growing in them. I just trail the vines around the planters to make a leafy "necklace." You could also erect a trellis with any container and grow vertically.Jewels19 said:Container gardening is really fun and a great way to save space too. You can grow just about anything that doesn't vine like pumpkin/watermelon...I have an awesome book on container gardening...If you like carrots, those are easily grown and you can pile them in! Here is a pic of my book..came from eBay
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh64/Jewels1935/l_8c9386ab0fd14f2699f5169807516bca.jpg
But these black tire tubs do the job very well, by absorbing the suns rays!
** Google Aesops Fable, "The Weather Cock and the Farm Cock," which mentions this very thing.