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Princeton Kentucky

Any Idea on the average of how many males on a vine until a female shows up? Is it about 5-7 males then a female? I have got 2 of my 146.5 plants grafted together with 2 sets of mains into a single main off of those well established it looks like and I am curious what the normal output of males before a female is. Like a dummie I have been removing all blooms during graft healing and not counting. Any input is appreciated. I know Chris Kent told me years back but I have forgotten.Thanks!

7/13/2017 8:03:40 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

5-7 sounds about right.
I'm seeing every sixth one on my plant in the patch.

7/13/2017 9:50:19 PM

sevierville, Tn

its highly variable depending on alot of stuff like weather, and plant health. This year it was more like 10-20 to unlimited males ! LOL normally every 3 feet.

7/13/2017 10:48:07 PM

Princeton Kentucky

OK, Thanks you two. I'll be counting from here on out with these plants

7/14/2017 5:42:38 AM

Hamilton Nj

i had none for a while then last week the 291 kent starting shooting them out lol trying to polinate in the heat is tuff im up 7 am every morning my flowers are toast by 10am, im hopeing the cross i made today takes 291 x 318 kent every morning now i got 2 or 3 melons popping up , pizza

7/18/2017 7:59:05 PM

Princeton Kentucky

Good luck on the pollinating pizza. Still no female on the grafted vines & a few on a couple secondary's. Hope some good ones show up soon on any of the mains. These are the biggest/fullest vines I've ever grown. Lotsa good plant behind one if it ever shows up!

7/19/2017 5:48:31 AM

Princeton Kentucky

Update: Like I stated in the previous post there were a few females on secondaries that were pea size almost premature or deformed looking, picked and threw them aside but I over looked 2 really nice normal looking big females and found them about noon, pollinated them x self and sib, sib got chewed on by a vole or mouse(Done) but I've got a fast growing one on the Selfed Melon. A bit over 10" long at 4 dap. 1 dap it was about 3,3/4"-4" long. Its about 3"/day in length this early on! Wonder if anyone else has had this happen just to have them fizzle out? Time will tell. Thanks again.

7/22/2017 9:02:35 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

Thumb size to a soda can in about 4 days.

7/22/2017 9:55:09 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

they can grow a lot overnight.
Mine grew 6 inches since yesterday.

7/22/2017 10:03:57 PM

Princeton Kentucky

6"in length? That is good!

7/22/2017 10:38:10 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

No overall.
Six inches in length overnight would give me a heart attack!
I usually don't measure straight length.
I just measure according to chart.

7/22/2017 11:38:43 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

Your diary is really cool.
I like the idea of your graft.
Would like to try the seed from the melon it grows !
Would this make it sib or self ?

7/23/2017 12:46:39 AM

Princeton Kentucky

Oh Ok, ott. I'm going to start with ott today on this one. No problem on seeds.

7/23/2017 6:41:52 AM

Hamilton Nj

mine grew from tiny 1 inch and in 4 days its 4 inches long it rained last night the end is realy fat think its about to blow lol

7/23/2017 8:12:09 PM

Princeton Kentucky

sounds good pizza. I'm amazed at how fast these things grow

7/24/2017 6:30:12 AM

Chapel Hill, NC

I've had tons and tons of male flowers with just a few female flowers and the ones that come on the vines abort. It's like a Chinese batchelor party in my melon patch this year.

7/27/2017 9:03:27 AM