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Rhonda

It only looks like male flowers growing amongst my watermelon plants, will that change?

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  1. plantgeek

    yes! typically male flowers grow first, and then females. almost all plants try to do this to stop self fertilization

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    • Rhonda

      Ok ty..I was wondering 🫶🏾

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  2. Nikiller

    Sounds correct, my gourds produced only male flowers for around a month then started popping out females finally once each plant had multiple vines instead of just a small singular stalk. Now I have probably around 70/30 split with majority females. It’s just up to the growth level on the plant itself.

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    • Rhonda

      So it’s now a waiting game for me lol..can’t wait to help them pollinate and see what comes out😊

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    • Nikiller

      I only tried pollinating one flower and it didn’t work well, but look at all the fruits that I didn’t do anything to get

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    • Rhonda

      💜🙏🏽

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    • Rhonda

      I’m still at this stage..about to put my trellis up soon.

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    • Nikiller

      My trellis just broke during the hurricane that split in the gulf 😭😭😭 now I have a pile of vines on some rubble to sort through

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