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This is a volunteer watermelon plant that just popped up in my back parking lot at my business location. I have no idea where the seed came from. The parking lot is topped w/ limestone rocks an 1 1/2 inch in dia. Underneath the rocks is caleche fill dirt. My point is the soil is terrible. The only water the plant has received is from scarce rain water... we are still in a droughtl. I occasionally empty my melted ice chest water on top of the plant. This plant is thriving. The plant leaves are bright green, w/ no signs of insect damage at all...there are no soil amendments, no fertilizer, no compost tea...no cucumber beetles...no aphids...no spider mites...no leaf worms...no bugs whats so ever. A perfectly healthy plant in the middle of a parking lot. Just blows my mind...see pics below...
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