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Tiny Watermelons? High Nitrogen from Chicken Manure

Vines huge, fruit 1" = chicken manure = high nitrogen → leaves over fruit. Switch to 5-20-20 fertilizer (high P/K). Fall: add manure. Spring: peat/compost. At flowering, feed high-P fertilizer.

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