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Old November 11, 2015   #25
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Originally Posted by IronPete View Post
What thread do I look up to find out how to grow watermelons? No idea what a polinator is? Do you need 2 varieties?? Sorry to sound confused, but apart from tomatoes I haven't grown much and I want to change that.

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I'll help you right here watermellons like well draine soil but they need water.
I have found that the best ans sweetest mellons go throught a little water stress from lack of water.
Sandy loam is one of the best soils.
Melons are self pollinated but they have a make and a female flower.
The males will show up first and then the females.
The male flower is just a flower in the end of a stem on the vine.
The female will have a little baby melon on it right behind the flower.
Due to the plant have two sexes of flowers you need to have a pollinator bring the pollen from the male to the female.
If you dont have any bees wasps or other insects to do this you will have to do it yourself with and artist paint brush.
Or pull a male flower and push it against the female and move it around.
No smart remarks please.

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