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Is this normal
Hi,
This year I planted pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumbers. All the plants were in the ground at the end of may and the pumpkin and cucumber seem to be thriving although we have no pumpkins or cucumbers yet. The watermelon is a little stunted but seems to be doing well now and I see some flowers getting ready to bloom. So here is is August 11th and so far no visible fruits. Is this normal? I saw one female flower on the pumpkin and I tried to hand polinate it and it seemed to take but then it just dried up and fell off. I saw a bee crawling in that flower as well. It seems like all the new buds I see are males. Is it normal to have so many male flowers and so few female? It's been really hot lately - in the high 90's. I usually get out and water everything in the morning with a hose so they are all getting plenty of water. I'd appreciate any feedback on the results I am seeing since this is our first year trying to grow anything. Thanks in advance, Steve |
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You don't say where you live. Makes a big difference
================================================== =============== wrote in message oups.com... Hi, This year I planted pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumbers. All the plants were in the ground at the end of may and the pumpkin and cucumber seem to be thriving although we have no pumpkins or cucumbers yet. The watermelon is a little stunted but seems to be doing well now and I see some flowers getting ready to bloom. So here is is August 11th and so far no visible fruits. Is this normal? I saw one female flower on the pumpkin and I tried to hand polinate it and it seemed to take but then it just dried up and fell off. I saw a bee crawling in that flower as well. It seems like all the new buds I see are males. Is it normal to have so many male flowers and so few female? It's been really hot lately - in the high 90's. I usually get out and water everything in the morning with a hose so they are all getting plenty of water. I'd appreciate any feedback on the results I am seeing since this is our first year trying to grow anything. Thanks in advance, Steve |
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Northern New Jersey - close to New York City.
Thanks, Steve |
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Hi Steve,
This year I planted pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumbers. All the plants were in the ground at the end of may and the pumpkin and cucumber seem to be thriving although we have no pumpkins or cucumbers yet. The watermelon is a little stunted but seems to be doing well now and I see some flowers getting ready to bloom. So here is is August 11th and so far no visible fruits. Is this normal? I planted my cukes in mid-June due to the cool weather and I've picked almost two dozen foot-long ones already. I've heard that if there's too much nitrogen, i.e. a lot of fertilizer, the plants get too 'viney' and don't bare fruit. I saw one female flower on the pumpkin and I tried to hand polinate it and it seemed to take but then it just dried up and fell off. I saw a bee crawling in that flower as well. It seems like all the new buds I see are males. Is it normal to have so many male flowers and so few female? It's been really hot lately - in the high 90's. The canteloup I planted got tons of male flowers for the first month or so, then the females came after that. Probably in a week or so I'll be able to pick my first melon. However, I have noticed that some of the smaller buds are turning yellow. I thought maybe they weren't polinated even though there's enough bee activity around, now I'm not so sure. I just saw a melon about the size of a fig turn yellow and I figured that has to have been polinated to reach that size. I'm not sure if I need more fertilizer or if it's just the heat, although I'm about ten degrees cooler than you. I usually get out and water everything in the morning with a hose so they are all getting plenty of water. Yeah, I've been watering mine too almost everyday because of the heat and no rain for almost a month. Wally |
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Steve, I live in Queens, NY which is considered NYC and it's only been in
the high nineties for a few days. The average temp here has been high eighties, low ninties. Northern New Jersey - close to New York City. Thanks, Steve |
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I had to plant cukes several times because the young plants were eaten
by worms or rodents. Now several plants still haven't produced yet. Some of my canalopes have finger nail size fruits. Only one of my 4 watermelon plants have fruits. I don't water the watermelons or canalopes because I never see their leaves wilt. You might try water every other day and later twice a week. This is supposed to promote root growth. Daily watering makes the roots lazy since they don't have to search for water. Stronger root system will also result in faster grow and larger leaves. |
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no, it is not normal. specially the cukes, start producing within a
month of being in the ground. my guess: you have no bees or other pollinators. |
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FDR wrote:
Steve, I was just in Old Forge yesterday at the Water Safari. I could definitely tell that it's cooler around those parts, compared to the blistering 90+ days in Syracuse. I just started getting ripe tomatos today. I'm at least two weeks behind where I was last year. I suppose the heat had something to do with it. My Pumpkin planst are finally flowering so hopefully we'll have some for Halloween. Yeah, I'm in Tupper Lake about another hour's drive north of Old Forge. We used to take the kids down there sometimes. Now the younger one doesn't like it any more and my daughter can drive herself and take her friends. I've been getting some of the little tomatoes but I haven't picked any of the big types yet. I have one that has been looking ripe for a few days now. I had better pick it before something happens to it! Steve |
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"Steve" wrote in message ... FDR wrote: Steve, I was just in Old Forge yesterday at the Water Safari. I could definitely tell that it's cooler around those parts, compared to the blistering 90+ days in Syracuse. I just started getting ripe tomatos today. I'm at least two weeks behind where I was last year. I suppose the heat had something to do with it. My Pumpkin planst are finally flowering so hopefully we'll have some for Halloween. Yeah, I'm in Tupper Lake about another hour's drive north of Old Forge. We used to take the kids down there sometimes. Now the younger one doesn't like it any more and my daughter can drive herself and take her friends. I've been getting some of the little tomatoes but I haven't picked any of the big types yet. I have one that has been looking ripe for a few days now. I had better pick it before something happens to it! Steve Geez, you really are in the cold regions of NY state! |
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