Texas Gardening: watermelon, 1 by sybram

sybram wrote:
OK, my first try at watermelon. I have two plants in this little area with bush beans. My plan was to let the vines grow over the tile, getting the watermelons out of the way so as not to crowd the beans. Now I've noticed some little tendril thingys growing out of the vine. Do they root? That would ruin my plan, since the soil outside the cinder blocks is hard and probably wouldn't grow anything. You know, there's just nothing like jumping into things without reading up on them--just seemed like such a neat plan.