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08 Feb 22, John Mauger (Australia - temperate climate)

Watermelons, cucumbers, squash, and zucchini's all have both male and female flowers on the same vine. For some unexplained reason some plants produce lots of male flowers and few female flowers. The male flowers have a longer spindly stem and the female flowers have an unformed fruit at the base of the flower. If you have female flowers and fruit are not forming it would indicate a lack of pollination by bees or other insects. If you pick some male flowers and remove the petals you can hand pollinate the flowers by putting the male flower, minus the petals, into the female flower to transfer pollen and fertilise the flower. You could use a couple of male flowers with each female flower to ensure that the pollen is ripe. leave a few male flowers on the plant for subsequent flowering. If there are few or no female flowers you can only wait and hope that some appear. Trust this helps.

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07 Feb 22, Anonymous of Bundaberg (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Read up about hand pollinating. Have to do in the morning before lunch.

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02 Jun 21, Val Tanguilig (Australia - tropical climate)

What varieties of water melons are best for winter growing at Carnarvon area, Western Australia? Thanks heaps!

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08 Mar 21, Lannu (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I bought a melon plant from bunnings and I'm planting it separated from another plants for a good grow but this is the 4th week and it's only a foot long now the growth. So I'm not sure if it's normal I thought it should be fast growing like pumpkin plants? Please waiting for your response.

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09 Mar 21, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)

You are probably at the end of the growing season for watermelons. You can either persevere and hope it grows or pull it out and plant something in season.

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03 Sep 20, Kay (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

What fertiliser is best for watermelons?

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08 Sep 20, Danlo Troth (Australia - temperate climate)

My grandfather was always using old n dry cow poo. Just make sure to really dig it in and mix well into the dirt.

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09 Sep 20, Anonymous (Australia - arid climate)

Old dried out cow poo has probably lost a lot of it's nutrient value, leached out with gravity and rain etc. Any manures need to be made into a compost material asap to retain as much of the nutrient as possible. Or you dig it into your soil over 6-12 weeks and with air water and turning it, it breaks down into the soil. The greatest benefit of organic material put back into the soil is it makes the soil loose and friable, which means it then drains well.

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04 Sep 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Just look for a general garden fertiliser. There is not that much difference in them

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26 Apr 20, Phillip Bellis (Australia - tropical climate)

We are having a watermelon growing comp. at a school just out of Darwin. Seedlings are just a week old in pots. When would be the best time/age of seedlings to transplant. Weather is warm at 32-35 C and dry but being watered 2x a day. Thanks

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