Comments on: Sombody, Please Talk Me Out of It! http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:11:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-67553 Kenny Point Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:35:32 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-67553 Hi Faye, you can reply to a post at any time as many of them stay active and some readers subscribe to the comment threads that they are interested in. Fortunately I was able to twist, bend, and push the melon and the cold frame until the fruit was freed from its captivity. So, you would have cut your deck... and I thought I had it bad! :-) Hi Faye, you can reply to a post at any time as many of them stay active and some readers subscribe to the comment threads that they are interested in. Fortunately I was able to twist, bend, and push the melon and the cold frame until the fruit was freed from its captivity. So, you would have cut your deck… and I thought I had it bad! :-)

]]> By: Faye Perkins http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-67421 Faye Perkins Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:55:33 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-67421 Well, good grief. I found your site and read the mellon & the deck delemma. I was just about to send in my two cents oppinion when I noticed the dates on the replys (2007). So now the question is...What "did" you do. I would of cut the deck. By cutting the deck you have a wonderful story and memory of the pized mellon that was wanted so badly. Or the mellon that almost was. Adventures are a lot more fun than safe. So what did you do? How did it do? Was the taste worth the taste? Please share the story. Well, good grief. I found your site and read the mellon & the deck delemma. I was just about to send in my two cents oppinion when I noticed the dates on the replys (2007). So now the question is…What “did” you do. I would of cut the deck. By cutting the deck you have a wonderful story and memory of the pized mellon that was wanted so badly. Or the mellon that almost was. Adventures are a lot more fun than safe. So what did you do? How did it do? Was the taste worth the taste? Please share the story.

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-24510 Kenny Point Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:36:43 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-24510 Fortunately I was able to get the melon out of there without damaging it or the deck. I'm not sure what I would have wound up with had I left it where it was wedged. Fortunately I was able to get the melon out of there without damaging it or the deck. I’m not sure what I would have wound up with had I left it where it was wedged.

]]> By: amz http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-24412 amz Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:52:18 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-24412 You'ld only have to cut that one peice out and slide it up and out right... or maybe you could get away with removing some rind to get it out... still... you could just cut it out when it starts to spilt it should be ripe by then don't you think?... I feel for ya and good luck. You’ld only have to cut that one peice out and slide it up and out right… or maybe you could get away with removing some rind to get it out… still… you could just cut it out when it starts to spilt it should be ripe by then don’t you think?… I feel for ya and good luck.

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23684 Kenny Point Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:12:14 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23684 Yeah, and I may have found myself being committed somewhere without a garden! Yeah, and I may have found myself being committed somewhere without a garden!

]]> By: Genie http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23683 Genie Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:05:03 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23683 Kenny, glad to hear that all's well that ends well...although I have to admit...if you'd sawed up your deck, it would have shown a high commitment to gardening. A very, very high commitment... Kenny, glad to hear that all’s well that ends well…although I have to admit…if you’d sawed up your deck, it would have shown a high commitment to gardening. A very, very high commitment…

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23676 Kenny Point Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:07:07 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23676 Marc, I saw all the damage that was done in your garden and couldn't believe it. Joe, you're probably right and the melon would have conformed to the avaliable space, but I was afraid of it doing some damage to the side of the cold frame. Fortunately I was able to lift the frame just enough to get the melon out of there. So all is well with the fruit, the cold frame, and the deck, so I'm a happy gardener now! Marc, I saw all the damage that was done in your garden and couldn’t believe it.
Joe, you’re probably right and the melon would have conformed to the avaliable space, but I was afraid of it doing some damage to the side of the cold frame. Fortunately I was able to lift the frame just enough to get the melon out of there. So all is well with the fruit, the cold frame, and the deck, so I’m a happy gardener now!

]]> By: Joe Mikitish http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23674 Joe Mikitish Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/sombody-please-talk-me-out-of-it/#comment-23674 Are you sure it is going to split open? I have grown squash and melons in forms to shape them and have never had one split. Here are a few examples: http://pingmag.jp/2007/07/12/strange-watermelon/ I would probably leave the melon to see what it does. Once it is ripe I would cut the melon (not the deck). Are you sure it is going to split open? I have grown squash and melons in forms to shape them and have never had one split. Here are a few examples: http://pingmag.jp/2007/07/12/strange-watermelon/

I would probably leave the melon to see what it does. Once it is ripe I would cut the melon (not the deck).

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