I have just found that my cherry tomato plants on my allotment are suffering with tomato blight! What a disappointment. I have begun to remove all of the most infected plants. Can anyone advise me please. Should I spray (with Dithane I think) or is it pointless now? Help
Confused!!!! You will be. My melon plants are growing like "triffids", from Thompson & Morgan seed in unheated green house, however I am unable to distinguish between male & female flowers as they all look exactly the same. They all have a swollen part at the base & a fine stem connecting to the laterals. The packet advises to hand pollinate, how is this possible when all the flowers look the same? Any advice greatfully received.
Middz, no - you only have male flowers so far. All of the flowers have a green bulge at the base of the petals, male and female - what you are waiting for is a baby fruit behind this. It is quite distinct when it happens, but the plants start by producing lots of male flowers. Be patient and keep looking. On my plants the female (fruiting)flowers only seem to occur on the side shoots, not on the main stem. Hope that helps!
(I am growing three 'Alvaro F1' chanterais type melon plants, put in to the greenhouse in May, and they have about ten fruits between them so far, the largest about 6in across)
This is my first year growing melons although I only have one plant purchased from a garden centre. It is growing very well and looks very healthy with lots of flowers but they keep falling off - why is this?? I water and feed regularly, although have not pollunated as don't know if the flowers are male or female - it's all very confusing. Can anyone help me?
We bought a small melon plant from Homebase a couple of months ago - it's our first year with a greenhouse so we are trying all sorts of things. It has been a slow process, and we tried hand pollinating early on with no success.
We've pretty much been ignoring the plant apart form watering it twice a day with everything else, feeding once a week with everything else and training it to supports, but this week we have found 6 baby melons developing, so I guess some local pollinating insects have doen their job!
We're just off to find some old stockings to support them with!
The melons in my greenhouse are also like triffids with only one female flower produced and no melons. If I were to grow melons outside would they need hand pollinating as do those in the greenhouse?
1st attempt at melons in unheated g/house. And up has popped a seedling! Now what? When the others appear i'm considering putting them outside on purpose built raised platform.....erm??
I am growing melons for the first time, ogen variety. growing extremely well so far, no flowers yet but lots of trendrils and about 4-56 leaves on some plants. I have been watering them every day but other than that am ready to plant them out on my allotment, may keep one back for greenhouse. A novice I am, not sure if doing it right but just try and see. Will let you know if I'm successful. Cheers for all the info its very interesting.
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(I am growing three 'Alvaro F1' chanterais type melon plants, put in to the greenhouse in May, and they have about ten fruits between them so far, the largest about 6in across)
We've pretty much been ignoring the plant apart form watering it twice a day with everything else, feeding once a week with everything else and training it to supports, but this week we have found 6 baby melons developing, so I guess some local pollinating insects have doen their job!
We're just off to find some old stockings to support them with!