melons loads of flowers but what about fruit

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melons loads of flowers but what about fruit
« on: June 12, 2011, 20:01 »
i have a melon plant growing its the small round ones type :wub:it has lots of flowers that look like male cuc flowers,having never done melons does the fruit come from a female flower and do i need to take off the male flowers or leave them

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Re: melons loads of flowers but what about fruit
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2011, 20:10 »
Leave them on and your plant will produce female flowers in a while.

You often get a clutch of male flowers first. No need to worry -- a feed with tomato fertilise won't do any harm  :)
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Re: melons loads of flowers but what about fruit
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 20:28 »
Leave them on and your plant will produce female flowers in a while.

You often get a clutch of male flowers first. No need to worry -- a feed with tomato fertilise won't do any harm  :)
good about the tomarite i have been doing it without really knowing good or bad :D

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Re: melons loads of flowers but what about fruit
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 07:03 »
Good - when you get to four leaves on the plant it is sometimes recommended to pinch out the growing point to let it branch into four, and then stop each branch once a melon has set.

I've never done this but am trying it with two or my four little plants this year to see how it goes.

Plus the tomato fert of course  :D


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