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Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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Posted by
wertach 7b SC (
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Mon, Aug 25, 14 at 11:58
| I planted Moon and Stars melons, direct seeding. I have long beautiful vines, I never saw a single bloom on them. And no melons of course, They are still healthy and pretty much bug free. I should have been eating them in mid July. I planted 4 scraggly looking, almost dead seedless watermelon plants, that someone gave me, in the same row. Every one of them have at least 4 melons on them. I have ate 2 so far and the rest are almost ripe. They were planted late. Any ideas on why? |
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RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| I am following this thread as well... I have the same situation... I think in my situation is because we didn't get a lot of sustained sun/heat... its been a weird summer... very comfortable for me but not as hot as it needs to be for some of my plants. |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| My Little Gem watermelon seeded Mem Day never germinated so in mid-June I seeded more knowing it was a long shot. They finally started growing and just recently started flowering but no fruit at all - not even pea-sized. I think it was just too cool this summer. (Edit - I did find a marble-sized watermelon today) My cantaloupe seeded Mem Day now has 2 melons on it, 1 almost ripe and the other seeded mid-June has a small green melon on it that I hope will have time to ripen before frost. It's been a bad summer for everything - I had some decent zucchini but (edit) NOT nearly as many as I should have, didn't keep up with SVB and now it's getting PM so time to pull them. I started a 2nd planting a month ago and hope to harvest off those into Oct since they're in a tunnel (and I just ordered plastic today). Cukes have to be pulled too, though the melons to the west of them look good, no PM or wilt. |
This post was edited by ajsmama on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 20:45
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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- Posted by fruitnut z7b-8a,4500ft SW TX (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 25, 14 at 22:17
| If all you had were seedless and Moon and Stars, the later must have bloomed because seedless can't set alone, it needs cross pollination. |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| Fruit is right, they must have bloomed or else the other really wasn't seedless. As to why they weren't pollinated is another question. Are you sure you planted a watermelon and not something else. |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| They are defiantly seedless, yellow meat, watermelons. And the moon and stars have the splotches on the leaves, so I'm sure they are correct also. I may have missed seeing some blooms that could have been hidden under the Hercules peas that they grew under for the next 2 rows over. Hercules peas grow on top, so there is no need to check under the leaves. The peas did so well that I couldn't see the ground around them. I might find a small melon under there, I haven't bumped one with my feet. The peas are almost done now so I can pull them back and check under them. The weather has been fine for growing here ajsmama and prachi. Plenty of heat. |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| Much to my surprise, I found a few Moon & Stars under the peas when I pulled them back! They are small but tasty. |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| I planted 2 Moon & Stars, one died, one was still a seedling for 2 months (planted in mid-May), now it's crawling and having side vines and it's everywhere. I got flowers but no fruits. I doubt I'm going to see any fruit this year. |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| My Little Gem is doing the same thing - 3 months after planting, NOW I get vines sprawling all over and marble-sized fruit! But I did pick my first cantaloupe on Sunday morning, another one looks like it's going to be ripe before frost. I may even get 3 of them (off 2 vines)! |
RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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I grew Moon and Stars yellow because I was worried the red wouldn't be ready in time and the yellow is less DTM. They were actually about the first watermelon ripe. So I have no clue why you got none.
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RE: Moon and stars watermelon never bloomed?
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| I have 2 new female buds that have not opened yet, but my leaves are tiny compared to yours. And they're being attacked by aphids and squash bugs. I killed like 15 or so squash bugs this morning. I've got a few ladybugs there eating away the aphids and a couple of them made love on one of my leaves this morning and there was another one laying eggs, so I think the aphid problem will be under control. Hate those squash bugs! If those 2 little female flower buds do pollinate, is it too late now for them to go to maturity? I think our first frost is expected to be like the first or second week of November. |
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