Wow awesome advice. I’ve got 5 plants all started from seed in raised beds. I have to water daily as beds dry out quickly vs ground. Good thing is don’t have to worry about furry critters as my yard is fenced in and I have 2 Belgian Malinois that’ll kill anything in the yard. I’ll have to look to see which varieties we planted. I’ll probably get some from the farmers market and save the seeds. We’re an hour from SC - watermelon capital of the world so pretty much anything will grow here.