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title: "Trim a watermelon plant? To encourage fruit growth, should I cut back…"
description: "Trim a watermelon plant? To encourage fruit growth, should I cut back the stems of the plant? Would this focus the growth in one specific area? It’s starting…"
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# Trim a watermelon plant? To encourage fruit growth, should I cut back…

_Publicado por Katie E. el 2024-07-04_

Trim a watermelon plant?

To encourage fruit growth, should I cut back the stems of the plant?  
Would this focus the growth in one specific area?  
It’s starting to make flowers. I started it in May

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## 1 comentario

### Kades comentó el 2024-07-05

Yes! The problem with watermelons is they have male and female flowers so you’ll want to prune less than you think you should. I’d just go for any stems that don’t look very healthy or don’t have any flower buds. Make sure to prune when it’s completely dry with clean shears. Watermelons are fairly disease prone

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