How To Prune Watermelon Plants

[@stickermigtigger]

Maybe watermelons are different but I planted Ambrosia cantaloupes last year and watched a million of these pruning videos and practiced pruning the best I could. I didn't get a single edible cantaloupe. This year I stuck the seeds in the ground, kept them fed and watered and did absolutely nothing else except cut off a few dead leaves. They ripened early and I'm now eating the best cantaloups I've ever had. Going to have to give some away!

[@TheQueendom-Au]

"If you prepare, you shall not fear". Powerful! Thank you for an amazing video. I got some pruning to do!😁

[@greenbear3221]

Little baby watermelon is so cute :)

[@theghettogardener6985]

This is my first year gardening. My watermelon plants look great. I'm glad I watched this. I definitely have some pruning to do.

[@SilverGram]

I'm doing sq ft gardening and just planted watermelon for the first time. I love your videos, so much good info. Thank you.

[@marylandsmann1175]

Cute when they're little

[@wendiland]

This is awesome! I'm going to give my watermelon some attention to see if pruning is necessary. Thank you for making this so clear to understand!

[@jurgenvdc]

This will come in handy, thanks!

[@perikliszoto7443]

Wendi Phan

[@sirchadafarmer4483]

THIS IS AN INSPIRATION TO US FARMERS SIR. THANKS

[@PAMOJA4LIFE]

good tips on pruning, I like the advice on leaving the tendril on :-) nice, didn't know it was necessary to prune watermelon, thank you for the vid

[@dontatme7]

I don't prune ANY of the vines because I want maximum leaves on the plant to increase sugar...I do however ensure that I get no more than 3 melons per plant so the energy is concentrated into 1 to 3 melons

[@AgriSmart1]

When the plant have more leaves it produce more sugar?

[@albertayunda5521]

@@AgriSmart1 yes it does. It's silly and poor to prune watermelons. Takeout those that won't make it as the plant will naturally do it. Nature

[@barend39]

So the only thing you prune/trim is any watermelons that come up besides your 1-3 that you want to keep? Leave everything else?

[@soonernation6749]

@@albertayunda5521 Albert im not a huge watermelon grower so ill take your advice. So is your stance that you can prune if you want but the watermelon will be less sweet? I ask because my garden is not huge so I grow a lot of plants vertically. Will I be ok if I let some go, and prune as needed?

[@gooneandgoldleaf]

@@soonernation6749 that's a good question?

[@charleskiplinger9904]

Have a volunteer Sugar Baby that came up. Used your advice on cutting the vine after the fruit and it works great. Mine took off after doing it. Thanks

[@michaelwatkins3842]

Awesome and educational video, thank you! I'll definitely be applying the education you so generously provided.

[@emilybh6255]

You'll have enough melons to go on a watermelon fast for 2 weeks if you eat a melon and a half a day. That is what I would do. Thanks for the video. It is very inspiring.

[@VinnyBully]

Great video. I read what midjjeep posted. Yes, I think a better technique is pruning the fruits or flowers and keeping the vines. However, it does interfere with the compact nature and design of which can be more important to some people.

[@bingster-223]

It's 10 years after. And I'm enjoying reading all the disagreements in the comment section. So after reading all the experts in the comment section I still can't decide whether to prune or not to prune lol. We've never pruned before. I think I'll do a controlled experiment and prune half of each variety and find out for myself.

[@DLCShark]

This is my first year growing crops in the ground and my water melon and cantaloupe are both all over the place. I will be applying this pruning method as soon as fruit arrives. I have jubilee watermelons but next year I want to do sugar babies and moon and stars.

[@conniebaker4681]

I know this is a Old Video But thank you! Very educational. I'm new at growing🍉..

[@dominiquecamara3089]

Wow 1.2 million views. Congratulations and thanks for the helpful information!

[@AgriSmart1]

You do farming

[@dominiquecamara3089]

Me? I have a large vegetable garden

[@AgriSmart1]

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[@aabeejan4238]

useful video, I got new experience about cutting of extra plant. thanks

[@bw-mi9xp]

do the vines grow roots where it makes contact with the soil? i would think more roots means more nutrient/water uptake.

[@suburbanhomesteaders5397]

Great information, this will be really helpful since I am growing in such a small space.

[@timothkeyyprice]

The only energy to grow the fruit comes from the leaves. If you want to cut if all but one melon, then Cut the 2nd melon only.

[@alfalfa]

If you trellised them up the wall you would save even more space. I think having multiple melons per vine could work if you had optimum soil fertility and a long enough growing season but just like most things having just 1 will make it bigger. The tendril getting brown/falling off is certainly not a 100% bet of ripeness. Many times I've picked the fruit that way to only find it pink inside...if anyone knows of a 100% sure fire way to tell please say because i find it one of the more difficult things to determine in gardening, hollow sound doesn't always work either.

[@alfalfa]

Z71Ranger Cool thanks for the story/advice, nice to think about them olden days eh? So yellow bottom, dullness and 2nd tendril brown that's 3 but you said 4 identifiers? Also what size pot would grow a full size melon?

[@alfalfa]

Z71Ranger Ok I may try those and see how they work. Your discussion is about watermelons and helps folks like me and others so I'm not sure why LDSPrepper would have qualms with it. Leave it so others can benefit from your expertise.

[@llcoolrainejackson9050]

Excellent video, very helpful, thanks for sharing!

[@valiredavis2534]

LOVE your video!! … 🥰 Can the cuttings be rooted / propagated for planting in another area??- Thank you.

[@rickpilgrim6773]

Yes #rickpilgrim6773

[@SaarasGarden]

Great job👍🌷 ..first time view your video ...have a nice day...🌹🌹

[@philstat100]

As usual You give great information. Thank You.

[@derekrecollet8451]

maybe its best to keep the vine of after the melon so it has leaves to feed the melon

[@newold5017]

Fantastic! Now I understand finally! Thanks!

[@mdnadim7496]

New&Old h

[@specialized29er86]

I always plant from seed about 10 plants an do prune them all and still end up with 30 plus fruit which I mostly give away.

[@DragonflyArtz1]

I love this method!!! I sent it to my brother who also loves gardening, and he loved it too!!! Tell me (if you know) is this true for all melons? Do all melon's only "fully" produce one fruit per vine? Because I would love to skip the trellis stuff and control the spread this way. Pumpkins too if possible. Great stuff LDS!

[@LDSPrepper]

+DragonflyArtz1 Thank you for asking. Yes, this works on all melons. I do the same on my pumpkins.

[@katrinalee7804]

Thank you this was so helpful. Question, may I ask how long it took for your fruit to grow?

[@derrickdu7193]

Ya

[@vicgreen3183]

Though it might be required due to space limitations, pruning watermelon vines is not generally recommended and (I'm afraid) DOES NOT improve total yield, fruit size, or fruit quality. The greater the leaf to melon ratio, the better the fruit. With watermelons, you'd be better off letting the vines grow really long and allowing ONLY a melon (or 2) per plant to focus all that energy soaked-up by those sun-loving leaves. Also, consider growing vertically. (Yes, with watermelons!)

[@funlolaojelade2700]

@vic green. I don't seem to understand you clearly.How do you ensure ONLY a melon (or 2) per plant without pruning?

[@Violaetor]

Funlola Ojelade Don't prune the vine length, instead, remove the unneeded/wanted female flowers.

[@funlolaojelade2700]

ok Violaetor , thanks!

[@JodBronson]

+Violaetor - He's 100% correct, my Dad just CUT OFF all the Flowers after 3 Fruits, LOL. He would leave 3 Per Plants, that is His Rule. Water and Soil are his main focus. Also, I don't know if He's correct, but He always said that the Leaves actually helps the Plant, if there are no Rain. It helps it to feed during short drought. But I guess in this case if you are Watering your Plants daily or 3X per week, then I guess you can CUT it off. If you depend on Nature then I guess He's right..... LEAVES are VERY Important to the Plants, to ALL PLANTS, not just Watermelons :D

[@adamhastey7795]

If you don't prune, the plant will use too many vital nutrients continuing to grow vines instead of focusing on the fruit. That's the idea at least. Now, I have heard that it's best to limit to 4 melons per plant but I'm not sure that holds true with the sugar baby variety.

[@tommclain2835]

First time growing watermelons. I have seedlings about 4" tall in a raised bed, I understand I need to wait for them to be about 6" tall correct? Do I transplant to give them more room to grow? My bed they are in is 4x4x8 shared with other developing produce. Only want to grow about 2-3. I have been hearing properly pollinating plz explain does it apply here? TIA I enjoyed your video. I/m in Southern Calif B9.

[@PineGeri]

Hmm..i prune cucumber and zucchini leaves/stems which DOES focus nutrients in the fruit but never heard of this for watermelon. Am growing sugar baby watermelon…the leaves seem to help protect the fruit.

[@rosalindadumanig8068]

every watermelon plant should be prune the first two true leaves to encourage other healthy lateral branches...chose 3 healthy lateral branches to fruit..its first fruit is at the 7th node..if not, it fruit again on 15th node...when the fruit is going bigger.cut or prune the lateral branch 3 inches from the fruit...spray with fungicide if possible or leave it dry....check the base of the watermelon plant of another lateral shoots to come out.. prune them not too close to the plant.concentrate only 3 lateral branches of every plant..water enough the base of the plant at the growing stage (during hot days)to avoid uneven distribution of water to the fruits....fruits should be put on top of rice hay or hang in nets in areas with small areas....very important to know is what variety you are planting, the day of maturity. bcoz watermelon should not be continuously be watered.. at the maturity stage. water is withhold..(for its sweetness)..to know if it's ready to harvest, check tendril if dried....(from where you cut near the fruit)....😊😊😊😊

[@miaojara9339]

Rosalinda Dumanig hi , i wish to follow your method please tell me , should i add more soil to the pruned base ?

[@BB-br4qh]

Great video as always, cheers

[@montraydavis]

Great video! Do you know how many plants were in there?

[@doliver8029]

I have lots of flowers and loooong vines but no melons. Do I just let them run

[@donaldbongmature8175]

tanks for information

[@xxvodanhxx]

If you have the space, I would recommend NOT to prune after I just harvested my first round of sugar babies that ranged from 3lbs - 12lbs. I do recommend of getting rid of fruit that are damaged, underdeveloped. Leave the leaves to feed the fruit.

[@LanceWinslow]

Nice work thank you.

[@arafetkanso1405]

Wonderful !!

[@ghostpeppered4524]

Great

[@whittle4u]

You like the sugar baby best? I can't decide, thanks

[@kittobryant22]

can you do this style of gardening using container/grow pots?

[@waonative7236]

Awesome video..often is watering required? I reside in Desert type wheather. This month of August varies from 85 to 105 degrees. I have watermelon and cantelope growing and developing fruit. Plant leaves are browning and whethering to soon. I water once a day real good. Am I watering to much?

[@greglockrem5945]

Calcium deficiency! Pour a cup of rotted milk or fresh on plants, egg shells, boiled egg water, epsom salt. Calcium is the strength of cell wall structure, and yellow leaves is shortage

[@IRVIN1970]

How many individual plants were in the melon patch?

[@kelvinmwasa5197]

well dne boy...........

[@valerierosel2399]

24 watermelons, but how many plants?

[@aame101486]

LDSPrepper does the same procedure you just showed us can it apply to Melorange melons??? its the first time im growing them and i only planted one melon worth of seeds, and ho boy im getting huge vines spreading everywhere! i already have a few hand size melons, this are said to only grow about 4in in diameter, but by now they are bigger and still not ready...can i apply this procedure?? thank you!

[@06hnj]

Thank you for video. We have a problem! We have flowers but do not see any melons behind the flowers. Are we going to get melons? We live in Minnesota and there is only about 6 to 8 weeks at the most of warm weather. What to do, what to do. PLEASE!

[@straubdavid9]

Male flowers do not have the small "melon" behind the flower. Sounds like you never got any female flowers?

[@Whimsicalnfree]

If I cut a split vine will it heal

[@jeannewallace7590]

How do you keep the squirrels out?

[@Itzz-sharky]

How long after this video did u harvest the watermelon

[@worldsailor1982]

should I also prune the top when it reaches a certain height?so it will grow from sides?or I shouldn't do that and only prune after fruit forms?

[@wisestudent1463]

From this size, how long before they get ripe ???

[@pn3940]

Mine covers like 100sf and I don't see any fruits :)

[@rebeccamarkey2760]

Hi! I really enjoyed your video and just now finished executing the techniques! My question is: Do I prune Cantaloupe the same way??? Please respond. :-)

[@imbwildrd3693]

Maybe you could try both methods and see which one works better? prune half your canteloupe plants and leave the other half. Let us know! (I know this is 4 years later, but...)

[@TheCaz]

Should the flowering stage be supplemented with phosphorus?

[@LDSPrepper]

TheCaz I feed a balanced nutrient mix so they get phosphorus all the time. If the plant shows symptoms of phosphorus deficiency than I would give it some but not unless it is a problem. If leaves start turning purple on the bottom side then give it more phosphorus.

[@TheCaz]

What about soil pH?

[@Ajtorres923]

Can I do the same thing with Pumpkin ?

[@genejaytre]

How long after harvest does watermelon keep

[@LDSPrepper]

Great question. The cooler the room you keep it in the longer it will last.

[@patsyboucher1259]

hey my water melons did not make it to maturity they began to rott at the bottom what do you think went wrong

[@chifylube]

Patsy Boucher I'm no expert, but it sounds like too much moisture. Try putting down some straw and laying your watermelon on it. Should help it stay dry.

[@sparkleriver5760]

How many seeds did u plant to get 24 mellons?

[@Rose-wo8bh]

how did you prepare the soil before planting?

[@Rose-wo8bh]

Rose Blake =Sorry to see you don't respond of just anyone. I simply wanted to know if you put Epson Salt in the soil? I'm not familiar with Mittleide. Texas has clay dirt....I have no idea what or how to condition the soil before planting.

[@purplechickenfarm9298]

Rose Blake I'm a newish Mittleider gardener...yes, there is magnesium in the weekly fertilizer mix, as well as as npk and a mix from growfood.org with micronutrients. The soil is supplemented with gypsum or dolomite (depending on climate) before planting.

[@defmunky9214]

random question. can wasp pollinate as well? the same as bees i mean

[@emilyhughes9139]

yes, I have more wasp pollinators than bees

[@rodneyreed5331]

If it wasnt for the wasps and even the yellow jackets out here in my desert area, I wouldnt get hardly any fruits or veggies Pollinated, so Yes, they are excellent pollinators, and they can also help keeping some pesky bugs out of the garden too...

[@straubdavid9]

I mostly have bumblebees, and Mason bees ... never seen one honey bee in my garden, and from what I understand, Mason bees out pollinate honey bees by a very large margin ... they are the true pollinators, but they are small and most peope don't pay them much attention. Look up Mason bees, and see what these little bees can really do.

[@faridajadavji8836]

Paripuri

[@Myprismrose]

I grew watermelon in my beginners garden but had a problem with the melon bottom next to the soil rotting... how can this be prevented?

[@davidcarmichael8394]

I put my melons on a piece of wood so they do not touch the soil. I don't get that rot problem now.

[@Myprismrose]

Thanks David i will try that next time>

[@straubdavid9]

3 words ... black garden fabric.

[@matthewbuckner4000]

I thought I was watching pumpkins ! 😆💩😆

[@okiefoods7581]

Jacob who?

[@matessaashley]

I think I watched this video for the first time last year and I knew this year I’d grow better watermelons by doing this and I have!! I’m so grateful I’ve found this video. Definitely kept diseases out of my garden because I didn’t have a lot of vines and my plants got the circulation it needed!

[@MrJoeeano88]

This is my second year growing watermelons. I grow them in 7 gallon pots with tomato cages as a trellis. I started by pruning all of the suckers (shoots) to a single vine. Also, i have pruned off all other female flowers after the first fruit was pollinated. 1 single melon per plant. I have about 8 plants total. Last year i did not prune at all and each plant had 3 to 4 melons growing simultaneously and they all stayed relatively small. Most did not ripen in time with my short growing season here. I will be attempting this new technique next spring, looks interesting.

[@porfiriouribe7019]

This would be my 4th year growing watermelons. I have never touch the plants. Last year, each plant grew one big (15 lbs. average) water melons per plant without touching anything. Extremely sweet, my neighbors said.

[@nancydrew5]

I read recently that pruning vines is not necessary and that the vines help sweeten the watermelon. In those comercial fields in Georgia where they grow tons of watermelon, I have to wonder if they are out there pruning the vines.

[@mountaincreekhomestead]

Not exactly true. Energy needs to be on growing fruit not length

[@the_shadow_healer]

I'm from Georgia and I highly doubt somebody is out pruning plants in watermelon fields.

[@LeonardJKovar]

David, how many individual plants did you have in that box to get 25 melons? Thanks for the video. I'll will be pruning my watermelons in the future.

[@mmims88]

The Mitlieder Method says to space melons 2' apart. He said that was a 15' bed, so I would guess 7-8 plants/hills

[@patrickhilger1844]

how many individual plants did you have in that box to get 25 melons same question than for Leonard , David :) (Patrick from Namibia)

[@henryanombosehenry8148]

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[@mountaincreekhomestead]

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[@MichaelP11]

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[@thegraciousgardener92]

I came here to see if I should prune my watermelon and for advice on ridding the few ants I see.. I planted 1 crimson seedling in a 15 inch pot, y'all. It has 10 melons growing on it. The vines have taken over half of the space it's in. I was just trying something on a whim and now I'm in love with gardening. I didn't know if that's normal but I'm happy with it. I hand pollinate because there are no bees in my area. And it's growing in a greenhouse on my deck.

[@MichaelP11]

@@thegraciousgardener92 I watched this video to see about pruning. I did it and it seemed to have worked. The melons I have on vine have increased in size dramatically.

[@dawnwr30]

I respectfully disagree with this in most cases. You can actually take away from the plants focus on the melons by doing this. Doing so causes the plant to send signals to produce new runners ( vines) which than takes energy away from the fruit it's producing. Not to mention yes you're cutting down on fruit production as well as the male flowers needed to pollinate the females as each female requires several male flowers for a good even pollination. Especially in this variety being it's an icebox. What you can do to help the fruit along is to remove just some of the females, but not the vine itself. So if you have ones that aren't growing too good or have any kind of bruising/rot etc.. those are good ones to remove from the plant. Now you have quite a few growing so it's not a big deal, but not every plant will produce this heavily from one plant if you only allow one fruit per Vine. You have to take into consideration the zones a person lives in. Not everyone has that super long growing period and has enough time to wait for new vines to come out and produce flowers. It's quicker on established vines. A lot of people choose this variety for it's shorter growing period because of where they live. If you're down south more it's not an issue but if your more North it is. We got to think about the logic of this. At the end of the day it's one single plant with one main stem, and one set of roots. So whether the melons are growing from a few established vines or many different vines, all of their nutrients and energy are still coming from the same main stem and the same set of roots. If it's having to send those nutrients to several different Vines, that is going to take a lot more energy for the plant then it would be for it to just send those nutrients up those few established vines. I think sometimes people get in to gardening and yeah they might have done it for many years and they may be successful but at the end of the day when people start to try to change the way things are supposed to be by nature we need to take a step back. Things are created the way they are for a reason. The plants know what's best for them. and if they feel that they can't put as much energy into the melons they have they will just not set some of them. They will abandon them. And those are the ones that you could clip away.

[@MLatkinson]

Thanks. I wish there was a paragraph break (shift-enter) because difficult to read. All the best.

[@conqueryourfuture6134]

Nice post

[@Zommee]

@Cosmo Dawn Amen Sista! I agree whole heartedly!! I'm in the PNW & trying to grow 3 different kinds of Watermelon varieties (sugar baby is one of them) & I actually didn't know watermelon plants "were suppose to be pruned" until I ran across this video & then when I started reading comments (several similar to yours) I absolutely agree with all of ya! So thank you very much! I definitely won't be pruning my watermelon's! lol

[@2008hec]

I won't discount the value of nature's process, but we must understand that nature has a different 'goal' than us as gardeners. Nature's goal is to reproduce the plant, often meaning produce lots of seeds. Our goal is to harvest palatable fruit. While there may be overlap between the two, they are ultimately distinct goals, so nature's way may not be the optimum for our goals.

[@lukasivoska7477]

Every one have his own methods and if your method gives the result then everything is right, i think its nice yeald like in that small place. Doing realy similar by myself at the moment and hope can share nice yeald at the end using info given in this video

[@sweetbone96]

I follow that you prune to get one melon per vine. Approximately how many vines do you get from a single plant?

[@456ptb123]

Please do a video on pruning trellised melons, cukes, and squash.

[@rattlehead431986]

I could eat 20 watermelons in one day lol. The gutted bowls after cutting in half make great bowls to plant in ;)

[@AgriSmart1]

What about 30 water melon

[@AgriSmart1]

What about 30 water melon

[@arlarl5122]

Melons require all of their leaves to produce sugars. Any loss of leaves equates directly to reduction of sugar content in the melons. You can break off the melons that won’t ripen before the end of season, but don’t cut the vines or remove any leaves.

[@PositiveMotivationWins]

For some reason, I like this idea. My personal opinion, I am learning. Let nature take its course.

[@USSBB62]

"Curly-que" = Tendrill

[@mcadoovicky6465]

I just planted watermelon for the first time this year I live in San Diego where it’s in the 90s every day here, I just cut my first watermelon today it was not very red inside not alot of meat and all seeds what am I doing wrong

[@MrJoeeano88]

Sounds like it wasnt ripe yet

[@rvnmedic1968]

That's exactly what I'm planting - Sugar Babies! Great content, nice vid!

[@dderdolman5736]

Watermelon bears fruit on secondary branches. Generally you need to pinch out main shoot after 5 to 7th true leaves. This will encourage secondary branches to grow. Keep 3 vigorous secondary branches and remove all. Let these secondary branches grow to about 20 leaves. Cut all female flowers in the process. At 20+ leaves, let it bear a fruit. Once fruit is formed, remove all other fruits forming on that branch. Do not prune branches or leaves anymore. Let them grow. Each fruit requires about 50 healthy leaves for good quality fruits. Each plant you should only have 3 fruits. That's good quality 3 fruits.

[@saddleridge4364]

when you say 'pinch out main shoot after 5 to 7 true leaves" do you mean prune it off? And if I cut off female flowers, how will I have any fruit? Wait for it to have 20 leaves before allowing female flowers? Thanks for any reply you have time for.

[@dderdolman5736]

@@saddleridge4364 Yep prune. You remove female flowers forming within 20 leaves. Keep the first female flower AFTER 20 leaves are formed. Female flowers form every 7th leaves. So you are removing first 2 and keeping 3rd. I used to grow watermelons in my property. A lot of hard work.

[@sncddb]

Thank you for the very well explained process on growing and pruning watermelon. That’s on my 2021 growing list. Stay safe! 🇨🇦

[@verlondakirchner2281]

This is my first year growing watermelon, cantaloupe and several different vegetables. I planted my melons from seeds the last week of May, in 2 raised garden beds. The vines have grown completely over the beds, overtaken half the yard and latched onto the grass. Would you have any suggestions for me? Do I try to remove any vines or leaves? I see fruit growing about as big as grapefruit or a little bigger. Any suggestions from you would be greatly appreciated! Oh, how I wish I came across this thread a month ago.

[@dderdolman5736]

@@verlondakirchner2281 I think the best bet for you is to keep 2-3 watermelon fruits per plant and remove all other fruits. Make sure you only have 1 fruit per branch. This way you will get some quality watermelons. You do not need to remove leaves or vines. Once the fruits are growing they will stop setting more fruits as all energy goes to the fruits. Cantaloupes are different story all together. They bear fruits on tertiary branches. It sounds like you missed the timing of training the branches. Try to keep 5 to 6 fruits per plant. Like watermelon keep 1 fruit per branch . Cantaloupes are harder to train than watermelons. You need to pinch the main shoot after 5 to 7th true leaves. Keep just 2 secondary branches then pinch the tip after 5 to 7th true leaves. Keep 3 strong tertiary branches. Remove all other branches to this point. You will have 6 tertiary branched per plant. Which means 6 fruits per plant. You only keep 1 fruit per tertiary branch. Remove all other fruits on that branch. At this point you do not have to anything other than waiting for the fruits to ripe. I used to tape the branches with coloured tape so you know which one is which. So confusing otherwise. Try this next year. If your plants are vigorously growing with little fruits, it's more like there is too much nitrogen in the soil. Goodluck.

[@MWoods-rs4wp]

I got three plants planted close together. 🤦🏽‍♀️ it’s been about three months and I have one melon. Never pruned. Just fertilized. There are a ton of female flowers though so maybe I’ll get more than one melon for three plants 🤔

[@adtsetful]

I'm gardening for the first time. I have about 5 watermelons growing. I had male flowers for about a week and a half and now there are none. Is this common? My plant has been growing for about 7 weeks.

[@RLSgardener]

When did you film that? Thanks for the tips. I just might try something like this next time. I dont usually have issues with many melons on a vine but i do have issues with melons that come on late which dont make very well because the heat and humidity starts killing the plants. I also had poor pollination this year.. i need more flowers to get more bees to the garden. None the less that's a good amount of melons for a small bed. Make an update video on what it looks like when they are mature. Don't forget who you are hehe, you are David not Jacob =) Do you remember this guy? High Yield Tomato Plants: 50-80 lbs per Plant

[@RRaucina]

Prune the excess melons. Let the vine grow.

[@debraarizona4809]

This was a very helpful video on pruning melon vines. This video showed me how to make room in my garden for something else.Thank you, great video!!

[@AgriSmart1]

Great video

[@soulfirexit351]

Cull slow growing watermelon, keep the leaves!! You can also encourage the root nodes to root under each leaf by burying the vine a little/cover the base of each leaf on the vines without fruit.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

I’m growing some vertically in semi small pots so far I have 3 going strong

[@yanamalanina1874]

How many watermelon plants did you plant in this bed?

[@jeetenbrahma3849]

Good question, which I have been thinking to ask.In my point of view,he counted 21 fruits,so it might be 10 to 11 plants because each plant gives 2 good quality fruits,if u prun it.it will not disappoint you.

[@ozzy7109]

He said he prune's down to 3 vines per plant, and 1 melon per vine

[@KristiContemplates]

Just clip the excess melons. Leave the leaves. Leaves are kinda important for photosynthesis.

[@mayurshah8319]

how many watermelon plants are there and how many watermelon do you get per plant approx?

[@maggiely23]

I would like to know, how many water melon plants did you grow that have 20 melons 🍉????? Thanks!

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[@adamvanderbur6731]

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[@HowToGrowAGarden]

very interesting thanks for that I had no idea you could prune watermelons. Why do you prune? is it better for the mellon or just a space problem. when growing peaches I know its best to have no more than 2 peaches per small branch for the first few years. Thanks for sharing. Scarlett Ps. how big are these watermelons going to get?

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What kind of gardening method are you saying?

[@larrymckinley5399]

:( Pruning did work for me! I have 4 Sugar Baby Watermelon plants. Each plant had one melon about ping-pong size. I pruned one plant as described. Now, the pruned melon is the smallest of the four. The unpruned melons are about 6 inches diameter; the pruned melon, 5 inches.

[@DGreenThumb]

Wow! a great video, it is informative and educational. I love watching your video because i learn and i enjoy. I love water melon and i have plant in our farm. You inspired me to plant more water melon in my farm. In this video you inspired to pursue my you tube channel. Thank you for sharing video, more power God bless us all Mabuhay po tayong lahat