Hi, Benjamin, Here’s the thing: Nature knows. In other words, the watermelon plant is going to know that the season has passed. The temps are dropping, the hours of daylight are lessening, and the angle of the sunlight is weaker. The likelihood of your plant surviving and providing fruit under a hoop house is slim to none…and, as the saying goes, slim’s out of town. So, should you bother building a hoop house? That’s for you to decide (what happened when you did it one or three years ago?).
Whatever you decide, also start thinking about being ready to start the seeds at the proper time, indoors next year.
Hi, Benjamin, Here’s the thing: Nature knows. In other words, the watermelon plant is going to know that the season has passed. The temps are dropping, the hours of daylight are lessening, and the angle of the sunlight is weaker. The likelihood of your plant surviving and providing fruit under a hoop house is slim to none…and, as the saying goes, slim’s out of town. So, should you bother building a hoop house? That’s for you to decide (what happened when you did it one or three years ago?).
Whatever you decide, also start thinking about being ready to start the seeds at the proper time, indoors next year.