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Grow A Square Watermelon
Grow A Square Watermelon
http://www.instructables.com/id/Grow-a-square-watermelon/
License: Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa) Intro: Grow a square watermelon
This is really, really easy to do. (Note: you may be able to use this technique to grow other stuff in the form of a square ( actually in the form of a cube ) and apply the general idea to other shapes.)
Image Notes 1. Hinged clasp 2. Wood screw 3. hole and slit for stem 4. polycarbonate sheet (Lexan)
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Image Notes 1. Passageway for stem 2. The slot can be the same width as the hole. Be careful not to make either too big - but just big enough to fit the stem.
Image Notes 1. First sheet rests on top of second sheet and the other side sheets. 2. Use flat head machine screws with a counter-sink hole drilled on the inside of the plastic and hex nuts on outside top of the hinge. (See next picture of screw.)
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Image Notes 1. You can also connect the sides together if your polycarbonate is too thin for screws by using pieces of angle iron or aluminum, but watch out, if your sides are too thin they will budge. 2. One of the two Inset sides that you trimmed.
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Image Notes 1. Box upside down - bottom hinges 2. Box upside down - top hinges
Image Notes 1. Box upside down - bottom hinges 2. Box upside down - Top hinges 3. hinged clasp opposite top hinges 4. hinged clasp opposite bottom hinges
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step 8: Usage
Plant watermelons. As soon they begin to grow large enough to place them in the box with the stem through the slit and hole, do so. Remove when ripe.
Image Notes 1. I am here as the result of family planting after my great, great, great, great, great, great... grandmother was killed in the Earthquake of 1995 when she rolled out of the frig and smashed on the floor.... 2. Just as I get another label stuck on one of these babes ... here comes another one with a handful of cash.
Image Notes 1. We were selling for 10,000 Yen in June 22, 2001. That's $82.00 USD each! 2. I'm gonna be rich!
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Image Notes 1. I picked up these two varieties sold at the Home Depot. The one on the right looks like its the one for the job but maybe the one on the left is sweeter...
Image Notes 1. Dang! Look its started growing before I even planted it. ;D
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Kofoed says:
god, that looks so cool :D
mikeyx says:
I like watermelon :P
mavr1ck1 says:
Jun 12, 2010. 12:49 PM REPLY So what. Writer didn't say it was original, just described how to grow it square. Why would you want to tear them down, it makes you look small and weak.
p88lux says:
Nov 2, 2009. 8:34 AM REPLY True.. Disneyland grow their cucumbers in the shape of mickey mouses head.. seen on the travel channel a few months ago..
paperclip32 says:
They had mouse candy apples too,but not grown like this.They just used marshmallows for ears.Still good though.
indestructibleguy says:
would it work with apples? then you would cut a small cube from inside an fill it with caramel and chocolate syrup... hmmm....
paperclip32 says:
I think if you made this box and put a pipe on the middle,you'd have a holed fruit of which you can stuff.
indestructibleguy says:
will the fruit grow around it?
madmada says:
lol, reminds me of the time 'homer' brought a square watermelon in the episode when they went to japan :)
Ward_Nox says:
you tried it with pumpkins?
Vladimyr says:
Jun 10, 2010. 10:28 AM REPLY There's another really cool Instructable for doing something similar with gourds. Check it out!! http://www.instructables.com/id/Portrait-Gourds-Grown-inMolds/ Very cool, btw.
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gameboy7oa says:
What's next?!?! You should totaly make a oval shaped watermelon!!! It would be one of a kind!
pyro1324 says:
or a house shaped!
Ikedog1995 says:
you're a genius!!!
axlrose says:
That is so awesome how you can grow square watermelon and sell them for $82.00
bFusion says:
Yeah, but you have to live in Japan for that to happen. Everything, large fruit especially, is expensive over there.
austin says:
Cant wait to try this when i have a kid, they are gonna be so Cubic!
prodo123 says:
E-Z Storage? lol
adamantchese says:
i swear this reminds me sooo much of the watermelon blocks from super mario sunshine. epic instructable by the way!
kcls says:
Jun 9, 2010. 2:10 PM REPLY I can see it now- instead of a watermelon, grow a pumpkin in a cube shape. Then, carve a Domo-Kun face on it. Voila! Domo-Kun Jack-O-Lantern.
I've got dibs on the 'ible.
omnibot says:
Do it!
kcls says:
Gotta wait until I have a garden to grow it in! Living on a boat and all, I don't have a very big yard :D
Hiroak says:
Jun 9, 2010. 3:55 PM REPLY I'm on a boat Motherfu Ha ha very orginal I know I lived on a boat, the sail type for 2 years and build floating garden boxes out of blue foam board. I had a slip larger than my boat so I just attached them to the dock. Then I got a bigger boat and build two above ground planter boxes on the deck. I even tried to grow an orange tree, to combat the scurvy but I live in Alaska.
corey_caffeine says:
you do, it's just REALLY flooded
xenor says:
So... rice?
corey_caffeine says:
exactly
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jhonny says:
This is a cool idea. I'm gonna try to grow an orange in a bottle.
Rihanna says:
Feb 12, 2010. 11:43 AM REPLY Hi.I`m a plant protection and wanna grow watermelon in cube shape but i have some problem to make box.could you help me and give me more information about step 1?
yiumanwan says:
does it taste diffrent like sweetness
ReCreate says:
Wow how did you make large text??
Derin says:
<h1>like this i guess</h1>
ReCreate says:
Hmmm...no...
qballcat says:
Hmmm....yes. you just do it in the instructable, not on the comments.
knektek says:
TRIANGULAR WARERMELONS! :)
hshook says:
This is SO cool! But, it's kinda really weird. It's not natural, either! HAHAHA
l96470fps says:
cool, maybe a square pumpkin?
Taoiseach says:
You could sell the watermelons and also sell seeds, claiming they'll grow into square watermelons.
Ideal_Ideas91 says:
It Looks Like Those Melons From Super Mario Sunshine
boblordofmonkeys says:
ya i know
ReCreate says:
I'm gonna try this on some pumpkins and squash...
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boblordofmonkeys says:
cool jack o lanterns
ReCreate says:
haha brilliant!
boblordofmonkeys says:
ya i thought so thank you
ReCreate says:
haha yeah! :D
boblordofmonkeys says:
It will be cool
ReCreate says:
Yeah it would.
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