Title: My Watermelons Seem to Have Stopped Growing | Home Guides | SF Gate
Headings: My Watermelons Seem to Have Stopped Growing
My Watermelons Seem to Have Stopped Growing
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Content: The plant produces female and male flowers, but the ratio favors male flowers seven to one over female flowers. Both types of flower will open only for a couple of hours early in the morning, which is when bees pick up pollen from the male flowers and deposit it onto the three stigma on each female flower. Incomplete pollination of only one or two stigma may result in watermelons that are misshapen. Certain factors like windy, rainy or cold weather or using bee-killing pesticides in the area could prevent watermelons from being properly pollinated. 00:05
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References
University of Minnesota Extension: Growing Melons (Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Honeydew) in Minnesota Home Gardens
Texas A&M University Extension: Where Do Seedless Watermelons Come From? University of California Davis Vegetable Research and Information Center: Watermelon
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Extension: Home Gardening Series Watermelons
Clemson University Extension: