Since this covers verticle gardening, can anyone recomend a tree whos branches could easily cradle a watermelon. I was thinking something like a juniper, but would prefer something that produces as well. Growing watermelon in a tree seems to have anti-rot written all over it. Is this faulty thinking?
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Really interesting idea. My first thought was using a well developed peach tree but then I wondered how much the watermelon would restrict the crop of peaches. Perhaps a non-producer is better in the interest of getting maximum food production. What about certain nut trees? Are there any that do most of their work in the cooler seasons where watermelons wont be around?Originally Posted by purecajn
I went for the juniper because of the limbs growing at an upward/outward angle, this will cause the melon to roll in toward the trunk as it gets heavier. But any tree with that characteristic would work I think. I was also thinking of growing Cantalope up my fig tree limbs to make them stronger as they mature. The fig trees here tend to break off from produce weight later in life. I figure if the wind can make a stem stronger/stiffer then weights can do the same for the fig.
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Weight training your fruit trees with melons. This just gets better and better!
Here is my strawberry tower it produced well for a few months but eventually strangled itself
too many plants too small holes maybe too small pipe I saved one runner and have it in the ground ready for V2
The passionfruit is attached to the wall using 4 eye hooks drilled into the bricks using some spaghetti (plastic plug) and black nylon rope strung into a criss cross pattern
What a great way to recycle. Kudos Grass
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Seriously?? Are you sure that's not photoshopped?
Clearly off topic... it's horizontal
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