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Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: AlanP on August 03, 2014, 21:53:52

Title: Melons or lack offI
Post by: AlanP on August 03, 2014, 21:53:52

I have 11 melon plants in very large pots, there are hundreds of male flowers but only a very rare female flower, I have managed to hand pollinate one rare female flower and now have one melon from 11 plants.
Any ideas why there are so few female flowers.

Alan

Title: Re: Melons or lack offI
Post by: RenishawPhil on August 03, 2014, 21:59:40

we have had the same and whats annoying is we planted "gherkins"and ended up with melons!

Title: Re: Melons or lack offI
Post by: grannyjanny on August 04, 2014, 13:39:01

Has anyone tried the Minisotta midget melon? It grows about the size of an tennis ball I believe, fruits early & is quite prolific.

Title: Re: Melons or lack offI
Post by: GrannieAnnie on August 04, 2014, 16:18:53

There are always more male flowers than female flowers on my squash plants and it seems the females show up later always. I wonder if yours are possibly too crowded in pots and whether that might make a difference. (I tried to grow snowpeas in a large rusted canning pot this year and was underwhelmed with pods; won't do that again.) Maybe you could grow your melons up a trellis next year if space is limited.

Title: Re: Melons or lack offI
Post by: gordonsveg on August 14, 2014, 09:25:56

same problem,one plant that is growing away like a "triffid" but only 3 melonshundredsof male flowersat least I am not the only one with this problem.