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Sat, Aug 2, 14 at 14:54
| I planted there hills of melons and have lots of vines and flowers. I read there are male and female flowers, how can one tell the difference? Also what to feed and when? |
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| If you don't already have fruits forming it may be too late unless you have a long season. The female flowers have a small fruit already started even before pollination. The males don't have any such thing and are shorter. Usually males arrive 7-10 days before females and out number them by 10:1. The stigma of male is yellow. Ovary of female is translucent and greenish. Those are parts you see inside petals of the flower. |
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