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Hi i would like to grow watermelon this year :) can anybody give me some advice please.
going to get some seeds tomorrow.
can i grow them in pots outside,if so what size pots,and how tall do they grow.
                         thanks jj

im no watermelon growing expert by any means,but i did manage to grow one last year,just one! i started it in a pot,in the greenhouse,and then planted it inside the greenhouse,trained it up canes,and ended up with one fruit a little bigger than a fist.tasted  gorgeous! this year am going to do the same,but on a mound of manure,still inside. like i said,im not an expert but just wanted to share my experience!

I grew mine outside sprawling across the ground.
If you train it up canes, you will need to support the fruits.

I'm amazed that such a scrawny plant can produce such large fruits.

Try to get one that is a short season one and you will have the best chance..Sunbaby perhaps?

Good Luck XX Jeannine

Trying them for the first time this year, Watermelon Sugar Baby, will try a couple inside my greenhouse and a couple outside, covering all bases in the hope of getting a crop. 

I could send you a few seeds if you want, PM me if you are interested.

They do very well in a cold frame XX Jeannine

thanks every one for the advice.
i forgot to get my seeds today :-[ never mined always tomorrow ;D

i tried for the first time last year,and was clueless as to what to do,so just left it to it in the dis-used greenhouse.
        Well i ended up with plants all over the g/house and three fruits about the size of a tennis ball  ;D.
        I`ll try again this year,but will treat the plants the same as a tomato,allowing only so much growth,and only so many flowers,and stems,with added support for the developing fruit.
        Again i am wearing big red L plates over this one,so any advice welcome.

                      Regards.

The only watermelon I have ever had success with is Blacktail Mountain.

They taste amazing and produce a fruit about the size of a typical iceburg lettuce head.

Black tail ia an exceptionall early one, as a matter of fact it is in tthe Canadian swap parcel XX Jeannine