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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: elhuerto on July 01, 2009, 12:07:09

Title: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: elhuerto on July 01, 2009, 12:07:09
Noticed this morning that there are a few water melons forming, about the size of a chicken's egg, how many would you allow per plant. Melons are a bit smaller but I was thinking of about 3 per plant, does that sound about right and at what size would you remove them? I'd hate to take them off and the rest don't mature.
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: saddad on July 01, 2009, 12:48:53
I was asked the same Q on the plot this morning and suggested 3 melons and two watermelons per plant...  :-\
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: elhuerto on July 01, 2009, 17:42:28
Thanks Saddad, would you then remove any (new) flowers?
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: cleo on July 01, 2009, 17:50:16
And there was me sputtering and spitting about how come someone had watermelons in fruit already-and then I looked up your profile ;D
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: amphibian on July 01, 2009, 19:41:45
I have tiny watermelons already, I'm in Kent.
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: Flunky on July 01, 2009, 20:30:49
I have 5 plants and i have one melon. I also have lots of flowers but no other darn melons. Any tips ?
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: manicscousers on July 01, 2009, 20:40:04
we pollinated by hand last year, ended up with lots, really should have taken some off so had small ones   ;D
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: Deb P on July 02, 2009, 15:40:03
DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT MELONS...................! ;)

Well, I'm trying again this year after I swore not to, I have 4 pineapple melon plants growing in my home greenhouse, and they are only about a foot long and just starting to produce flowers.........I think this might be my last attempt! :-\ ::)
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: kt. on July 02, 2009, 15:44:36
I got 2 melon seeds in the seed swap which are currently growing in 5" pots but are 8-10" long/high.  Will they be fine if just transplanted into larger containers as their final resting place?  Never tried them before so I know nothing of growing melons.
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: amphibian on July 02, 2009, 21:13:04
Anyone having problems with melons should try Blacktail Mountain, a very early watermelon, and Hero of Lockinge, a melon bred for growing in the UK.
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: grotbag on July 02, 2009, 21:48:34
i got 2 melons growing  that are about size of tennis ball at the mo .
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: amphibian on July 02, 2009, 21:58:34
Quote from: grotbag on July 02, 2009, 21:48:34
i got 2 melons growing  that are about size of tennis ball at the mo .

That's bigger than mine.
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: Eristic on July 03, 2009, 02:19:04
I've got Minnisota Midget all over the polytunnel and covered with flowers. There are several set and growing nicely but tennis ball size is about as big as they are meant to get.
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: saddad on July 03, 2009, 07:28:03
I grew Sugar Babe last year, and have "Blacktail Mountain" doing well this year.
:)
Title: Re: Melons and water melons thinning out
Post by: Digeroo on July 03, 2009, 12:06:13
One of my sugar babe doing well, but the rest have been very very slow to get going.  It looks like I will be joining the 'don't talk to me about melons' club.

My first squash is six inches long.
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