Oh, okay, so those watermelon are quite a bit larger than ours are. How big will the larger ones get? Our smaller ones didn't do so well last year. I wish we had some cantaloupe. That would be great. Maybe next year.
The only thing I know is my wife planted a bunch of the onions around the edge of the garden box so basically encircling the pepper plants. We also bought them as starts from a temporary stand in the parkinglot of the mall, and then we bought some local organic soil at home depot we'd never tried before. Apparently, they took right to it.
The first ones out of the garden are pretty large and the rest of them have been busting the soil as you described it for a week or so. I think the whole lot is ready for picking but she's only got the two out. She said she already ate one, so that must make three then. :)