The plant got well over a meter tall and I had to stake all the branches separately.The soil was very well prepared in the early summer and then surprise, I had a volunteer crop of watermelons that were delicious. One weighed 15 kilos!
The soil had lots of regular compost, worm compost and juice, seaweed (lots washed up after a series of huge waves - that's only happened once before in the 20 years I've been living in El Rebalsito), manure, etc. Basically lots of good organic stuff - all topped with a thick covering of leaves.
Hope I have the same good fortune next year!
BTW I also planted slicing tomatoes in the same plot and they did ok, but didn't produce like the SMs.
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