Cucamelon

[ChrisMath88]

My cucamelons are a good size and have been fruiting for a while but the fruit seems to get started but then drop off.... Why would this been and how could I stop this?


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[AllInContainers]

Mine hasn't reached that stage yet, just a straggly pathetic little thing that looks a little out of place. How big are the fruits when they're dropping off?

[ChrisMath88]

About the size in the picture maybe a little bigger, im watering them little and often I don't know if that's right or not.... My set up probably isn't the best either with everything growing in and around each other but I just kinda left everything to get on with it really :-/


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[AllInContainers]

My kind of gardening Feed frequently with gererous helpings of apathy, and they appear to struggle, add a liberal sprinkling of profanity

Sorry I don't have any answers. Just sniffing around to find what I might face later if mine ever decides to try fruiting

[alifrew]

My plants are still tiny and spindly. Don't think I'm going to get anything off them this year


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[ChrisMath88]

I planted quite a few, the ones I gradually potted up bit by bit romped away but the one plant I just stuck in a decent sized pot didn't do anything just stayed small for a long time until suddenly it just seemed to go mad and is now as big if not bigger than the rest


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[Penellype]

Are you sure they are not ripe? They only grow about the size of a grape, and they fall off the vine when they are ripe.

[ChrisMath88]

They are tiny, if you can see in the picture the mesh that's pretty thin they are about as thick as that at the moment... Nowhere near grape size yet. I keep looking at them thinking they are doing well then they've disappeared the next day :-/


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[Penellype]

Hmm, maybe they are not getting pollinated, although I don't see why they shouldn't be. They are supposed to be trouble free

[ChrisMath88]

I've seen bees and the like in the greenhouse regularly, but the flowers are tiny so maybe they aren't, might try and pollinate them myself when I see one flower next


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[AllInContainers]

Birds? Maybe?

[ChrisMath88]

I see a few on the floor the ones that i spot so they're just dropping off i think


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[taff]

Mine are still wiaiting to romp away.
Apparently, after a quick google, they do need pollinating....get your tiny paintbrushes out for the lads....

[Small pumpkin]

I was also going to say they need pollinating. I'm very jealous that your plants have fruit to chuck on the floor mine hasn't even got that yet!

[ChrisMath88]

Haha it's going to be hard work pollinating by hand it's a jungle in there!



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