My activity today is making supports for melon plants

in Homesteading9 months ago

Hello everyone good evening wherever you are, how are you tonight? Hope you are fine wherever you are.

I am back here again to enliven our beloved community and on this occasion I want to share some photos of the activities I did in the garden this morning. So this morning I made a support for the melon plants that I planted a few days ago, approximately ten days ago. I didn't expect the plant to need support so quickly, because it was my first time growing melons. I didn't plant many, only twenty, I think that if they bear enough fruit, they will be enough for my small family to enjoy.

When I see that the melon plant has started to grow big and has several leaves, it means it's time for us to make a support. I immediately made a support, otherwise it would have fatal consequences, they would spread over the ground and automatically the melon plants I planted would be attacked by naughty weeds. Well, this support is very useful so that melon plants can grow well without weed interference.

So the first thing I did was look for a tree that could be used as a support pole. I looked for a small tree that I could cut down using a machete. So, after I got some trees and I thought that was enough, I immediately took them to where the melon plants were.

So the next thing I did was dig a hole for the support pole, I dug it using a dodos. I made six main pillars, meaning I had to dig six holes and I dug each hole to a depth of approximately 20 cm. When I was ready to dig the hole, I cut the wood that I would use as a support pole.

After all the main poles were standing firmly, I immediately added the auxiliary poles. I use the auxiliary poles per number of plants, one plant and one pole. Here I need twenty poles because the number of plants I plant is twenty.