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title: "It only looks like male flowers growing amongst my watermelon plants,…"
description: "It only looks like male flowers growing amongst my watermelon plants, will that change?"
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author: "Rhonda"
published: "2026-07-28T21:03:50.005903Z"
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# It only looks like male flowers growing amongst my watermelon plants,…

_Posted by Rhonda on 2026-07-28_

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

## 8 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-07-28

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

#### Rhonda replied on 2026-07-28

Ok ty..I was wondering 🫶🏾

### Nikiller commented on 2026-07-28

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.

#### Rhonda replied on 2026-07-29

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

#### Nikiller replied on 2026-07-29

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 replied on 2026-07-29

💜🙏🏽

#### Rhonda replied on 2026-07-29

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

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#### Nikiller replied on 2026-08-01

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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