Grow a square watermelon

This is really, really easy to do. (Note: you may be able to use this technique to grow other stuff in the form of a square ( actually in the form of a cube) and apply the general idea to other shapes.)

Step 1: Materials and tools

You need 6, 8" square, 3/8" thick (or thicker) sheets of polycarbonate plastic. (Lexan)

You will need 4 gate hinges and 2 hinged clasps with flat head machine screws and hex nuts plus at least 8 or more 1" to 1-1/2" long, thin wood screws and possibly a 36" length of angle iron or aluminum angle (cut to 8" lengths to yield four pieces) if you have thinner polycarbonate, a power drill and hole saw, and a hand saw or power saw such as a jig saw.

Comments

[ant not aunt]

i bet you don't need all the hardware. you can probably use big rubber bands to hold the form in place.

[kcls]

I can see it now- instead of a watermelon, grow a pumpkin in a cube shape. Then, carve a Domo-Kun face on it. Voila! Domo-Kun Jack-O-Lantern.


_{I've got dibs on the 'ible.}

[omnibot]

Do it!

[kcls]

Gotta wait until I have a garden to grow it in! Living on a boat and all, I don't have a very big yard :D

[ant not aunt]

you don't need a garden i grew a pumpkin in a large pot and trained the vine to a railing. when fruit formed i used pantyhose to support the weight.

[Hiroak]

I'm on a boat Motherfu Ha ha very orginal I know I lived on a boat, the sail type for 2 years and build floating garden boxes out of blue foam board. I had a slip larger than my boat so I just attached them to the dock. Then I got a bigger boat and build two above ground planter boxes on the deck. I even tried to grow an orange tree, to combat the scurvy but I live in Alaska.

[corey_caffeine]

you do, it's just REALLY flooded

[aseaheru]

put it on the mast head. o_0

[xenor]

So... rice?

[aseaheru]

salt water.......o_0

[corey_caffeine]

exactly

[Nukeman]

The Lexan to build this costs about $80. Will plywood work?

[GreenMeUpScotty]

Does the Box have to clear and made out of plastic?

[myakka]

How about triangular( pyramid) shaped ones. Or dodecahedrons!

[myakka]

Or how about make the entire alphabet

[kjohnson40]

we grew a square honeydew (by accident) it was in a cement block we used to "fence" the garden with.

[jameseyboy]

HELP barbies on the bbq

[tinker234]

wow i love this

[moonchylde]

I wonder if this would work with tomatoes, or if the boxes would be too heavy for the vine to support. Another thought I had was two-liter pop bottles (watermelons with feet; they'd also be good for watermelon spikes :P), though I'm not sure if the fruit wouldn't split the plastic. I might experiment with this.

[geoslim13]

to quote Eurotrip "Gotta love that exchange rate!"

[yiumanwan]

does it taste diffrent like sweetness

[aseaheru]

soil might change the taste, also chemicals, water, but thats all that might change the taste

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

nope exactly the same exept shape

[ReCreate]

Wow how did you make large text??

[Derin]

<h1>like this i guess</h1>

[ReCreate]

Hmmm...no...

[qballcat]

Hmmm....yes.  you just do it in the instructable, not on the comments.

[axlrose]

That is so awesome how you can grow square watermelon and sell them for $82.00

[bFusion]

Yeah, but you have to live in Japan for that to happen. Everything, large fruit especially, is expensive over there.

[aseaheru]

1st of season/perfect are more expencive

[awesomeman2468]

in a historical note I believe this was started in china and in most recently the chinese made melons with the mascots from\for the bejing olimpics

[indestructibleguy]

would it work with apples? then you would cut a small cube from inside an fill it with caramel and chocolate syrup... hmmm....

[paperclip32]

I think if you made this box and put a pipe on the middle,you'd have a holed fruit of which you can stuff.

[indestructibleguy]

will the fruit grow around it?

[paperclip32]

It should.I've seen Mickey shaped ones in Disneyland too.

[chocogrape]

I think those are regular apples with marshmallows for ears.

[paperclip32]

I said that further down.

[hawkfrost64]

you can use a cinderblock.

[That Inventor Dude]

genius

[Kofoed]

god, that looks so cool :D