“Milk and watermelon may not be a common combination in the diet, but they are good friends in the garden.
Milk can be used during two stages of watermelon gardening.
The first application is to soak the seeds in milk to help them germinate faster – a real plus if you are in colder areas with short summers.
Later, milk can also be used to spray mature vines to help prevent powdery mildew, a common watermelon fungal disease…