[Oliveview]

I have 4 watermelons plants and they are producing fruit, but as soon as the fruit gets to the size of a large pebble they turn black and fall off Anyone know anything about watermelons???  Spoke to the Spanish neighbour and they did not know what to do or why this is happening
Pamela

[Beanzie]

I'll never be able to grow a water melon in this climate. However, if I had to hazard a guess I'd suggest that perhaps the flowere were not pollenated.

[Oliveview]

they were pollinated ok, the fruits were swelling up and growing, they just fall off though!
Pamela (in Spain)

[Biscombe]

Are you sure they were pollinated ok

[Biscombe]

How big did they grow before they dropped off?

[Biscombe]

Sorry large pebble, it would be a good idea if you could help them along with pollination with a make up brush

[chrissie B]

i had a similar thing with my courgetts and all i did was pick a male flower and help the process along a bit , the things you have to do , trying to explain to my neighbours was the fun part as my greek isnt good and their english is non existant.
chrissie b