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funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 09, 2009
09:00 PM Post #6799784
| so my Charentais Cantaloupe plant is doin great but it seems ALL the flowers so far are female. Dozens of them, so i have no fruit whatsoever forming. any advice out there?? |
cando1
Ozone, AR
(Zone 6a)
July 09, 2009
10:50 PM Post #6800202
| My cantalopes make a lot of vines and flowers but never make a lot of cantalopes per vine. Is the vine long enough to start making cantalopes. Also are you in that part of the country that has had so much rain and cold weather? That would be a problem and it might do better when the weather gets warmer. |
funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 10, 2009
02:52 AM Post #6800745
| vines about 4 feet. TONS of flowers. i will take a pic of them, i think the r females. looks like nothing in them. rain isnt a problem as it has overhead protection. |
funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 10, 2009
03:02 AM Post #6800761
| wait i am wrong i guess they are all male flowers. im so confused. im going to upload a pic soon |
funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 10, 2009
09:59 AM Post #6801529
| here is one pic 
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funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 10, 2009
10:00 AM Post #6801532
| another view 
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funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 10, 2009
10:00 AM Post #6801535
| last view 
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HoneybeeNC
Charlotte, NC
(Zone 7b)
July 10, 2009
11:29 AM Post #6801962
| funghi2 - It's not unusual for members of the melon family to put-out male blossoms ahead of female blossoms.
I have the reverse problem, the cantaloupe I planted this year put-out mostly female blossoms. Fortunately, a few "volunteers" from last year have grown up in my sweet potato patch, so the bees are able to cross-pollinate the flowers. |
funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 10, 2009
05:17 PM Post #6803453
| so these are male flowers then? |
HoneybeeNC
Charlotte, NC
(Zone 7b)
July 15, 2009
11:40 AM Post #6822522
| funghi2 - they are quite possibly all male flowers. Take a close look just behind the blossom - if there's a little "bump" it's a girl, if there is no "bump" it's a boy :)
The bumps will continue to swell if the blossom has been fertilized - without fertilization, the bumps will turn yellow and fall off! Honeybees and Bumble Bees will do all the work of fertilization - if you don't have them in your garden, you will need a small, soft brush (such as a cosmetic brush) to transfer pollen from the male to the female flowers. |
funghi2
Brooklyn, NY
July 15, 2009
06:40 PM Post #6824144
| hmmmm, i think i may have my first female, is it a female??? 
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HoneybeeNC
Charlotte, NC
(Zone 7b)
July 17, 2009
11:16 AM Post #6830652
| Congratulations, funghi2 - it's a GIRL! :) |
