It just started pumping our little melons about 10 days ago. Before that the plant was just as big with nothing on it and I was wondering if it was goin to happen or not. It did, now I have to decide whether or not I want grass or more melons as it has taken off over the railroad ties into my St. Augustine grass.
It has completely taken over my tomato plants and melons are hanging from my tomato support structure.
Everyday I find a couple more
This one still has the blossom attached, I guess I can skip ordering baby watermelons from Sid Wainer for a while.
Eggplant blossom, I'm hoping to start seeing some production from these guys but for now I just have to wait.
After having some production issues with my tomatoes early in the season we visited our Native Plant nursery. We had a ton of blossoms, but no good bugs to pollinate them. I picked up a couple flowering native plants and after they bloomed we started seeing a lot more butterflies, bees, and lady bugs. Pretty soon after our tomatoes started to produce some fruit, now it seems they have turned their attention to the melons.
Check in your area for a Native Plant Society, we have one here in central Florida. I can go to their website, plug in the conditions in my yard and even go as far as what plant will do best for the soil ph levels I have and figure out what I should plant. Find out about host plants, passion vines are host plants for butterflies, the caterpillars will be drawn to these vines so you can get butterflies to pollinate your garden without the caterpillars destroying all your other vegetation. As a bonus, you get some passion fruit out of it as well. So plant some native plants, some veg, and some fruit in your yard. It's gives me something to pick at, inspect, and admire while I'm having my morning coffee before the rest of the day takes over.
Looks great chef, our tomato plants arent doing so well either(we have crow issues too). But the eggplant and peppers we planted are doing great and our cucumber plant is busting out cuke's on all cylinders. They taste so much better right off of the plant....
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