You get what you pay for. If you need seeds email me for my address. I will hook you up. Store bought will give you nice pumpkins.. But you wouldn't try racing a Saturn in a Nascar Race. Shannon

I am not trying to tell you what to do but watermelons like it alittle on the dry side. They dont like there feet wet. If it get very wet you will have fungas problems and may even loose your plants. I grow about 8 acers a year on plastic. For a good tasting red melon that is about 25 pounds try the Patroit melon. A good orange melon of about22 pounds is the Gold Strike. Also the orange-glo melon will get 50 pounds easily put the rind is very thin.

I'm not sure that Carolina Cross, which is the variety they grow for weight records, is the greatest tasting, so you may be disappointed.

Try Black Diamond Yellow Flesh. You can get a 20+ pound melon that will be fantastic.

I'd take Shannon's advice. Also learn how how to manage the vines and the pumpkins for big ones.

Douglas

Maybe you could make a mini hill in the middle of the runoff area where you want to plant them. Then you can have a raised bed effect.

Sounds like good fertilizer too! Just be careful that your not getting runoff from fresh (green)poop. It may make the runoff water to acidic.