My one -and so far only- watermelon.

[asdjrocky]

Here's the story, I picked my only watermelon yesterday. It looks great and tastes great, but here's the problem, it's the only one. I must confess that there were two more little ones that I broke off the vine long ago by trying to gently change their direction. I have no more little ones, I have no flowers on it and I'm thinking the one watermelon may be my only harvest from that plant. That's OK with me, I just want to know if I should go ahead and pull the plant so I can put something else there.

Anyone else ever have this happen to them?

[Kolesar]

1. A DUer clued me in that I am supposed to pollinate squash if the insects are not doing it

Use a paint brush or such to move the pollen from flower to flower. I missed my opportunity this year. Watermelon may be the same. There are books and sites with growing instructions for this stuff. Won't make the same mistake next year!

[asdjrocky]

2. Thanks.

I'll make sure there are flowers closer to it next year. It had tons of flowers, but it's in kind of an out of the way place in the garden. I am happy I got one watermelon!

[sazemisery]

3. Pollinate the female watermelon flowers with the male flower pollen

Plants of this family generate male and female flowers. You can tell the difference. The stamen on the male is much larger.:evilgrin: