{"id":4723,"date":"2026-10-08T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:30:31","slug":"melon-flowers-but-no-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/melon-flowers-but-no-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Melon Flowers But No Fruit? 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You might be tempted to rip them out. Don&#8217;t do it yet!<\/li>\n<li>\u2702\ufe0f <strong>Pinching Mistake:<\/strong> Many growers pinch the vines too early. You should generally wait to pinch the main vine until <em>after<\/em> a fruit has set above the 5th leaf.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\uddea <strong>The Fertilizer Fix:<\/strong> If vines are stalling on fruit production, a quick liquid feed of balanced 20-20-20 fertilizer with trace elements can often shock the plant into producing female flowers and setting fruit.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc1d <strong>The Pollination Hack:<\/strong> If you grow in a greenhouse and lack pollinators, try spraying the vines with weak honey water, or let some companion plants (like green onions) go to flower to attract bumblebees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udcac Are your melon vines all leaves and no fruit?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Tell us what tricks you use below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #9c27b0; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Da4nitsa (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,710 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin, Moscow Reg. (USDA Zone 4b) | \ud83d\udcc5 July 27, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>gala7496 wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nKatya, your melons look great! Did you graft them? I planted melons for the first time&#8230; they grew beautifully, I pinched the side shoots after the 5th leaf, but I only have male flowers, no female ones. I kept them as an experiment, but now I&#8217;m thinking about pulling them out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gala, thank you! I didn&#8217;t graft them, mostly because I don&#8217;t know how, and they grow fine on their own. I planted them in my middle bed since it&#8217;s the warmest. The soil was covered with black plastic mulch, I didn&#8217;t remove it, just cut holes to plant. I watered them with chicken manure tea in the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t pull them out yet! I looked at my garden diary from last year, and my first melon didn&#8217;t set until early August, and they all still managed to ripen. Also, aren&#8217;t you supposed to pinch the vine <em>after<\/em> the fruit sets above the fifth leaf? Maybe you shouldn&#8217;t have pinched them so early?<\/p>\n<p>I also have tons of bumblebees in my greenhouse right now. I planted green onions early in the season and never pulled them out, so they are flowering now and the bees are all over them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #e91e63; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">gala7496 (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,470 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location | \ud83d\udcc5 July 27, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Da4nitsa wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI also have tons of bumblebees in my greenhouse right now&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I actually have an unusual amount of bumblebees on my property right now too. I have two pumpkin patches nearby and lots of flowers, it smells amazing outside. I have big pots of petunias everywhere. I just don&#8217;t know if the bumblebees are flying inside the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave the melons in for now and see what happens, the weather is still warm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #e91e63; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">gala7496 (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,470 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location | \ud83d\udcc5 July 27, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>By the way, just wanted to show off my pumpkins. I picked the biggest ones to photograph.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/20210725_152216.jpg.1f6c140eb1c1631d93a2c43b2176af56.jpg\" alt=\"Large pumpkin in the garden\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/20210725_152300.jpg.a61e2edf42fb0d8c42209f6a30bda4ae.jpg\" alt=\"Another large garden pumpkin\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/20210725_152519.jpg.cc77c61c0d9b6643f0d8df5ea3673d6d.jpg\" alt=\"Growing pumpkin on the vine\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/20210725_152541.jpg.8a41c463250a3e5db6aeba3c949d3ca6.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a growing pumpkin\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #2196f3; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marat <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (3,308 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan (USDA Zone 4a) | \ud83d\udcc5 July 27, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>gala7496 wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI kept them as an experiment, but now I&#8217;m thinking about pulling them out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I planted them for the first time this year too. And I also had zero fruit set. Then I read a tip on Natasha&#8217;s thread on HOW TO FORCE THEM TO SET. The trick is a liquid feed of 20-20-20 fertilizer with trace elements. I fed them, and boom &#8211; two melons and two watermelons immediately set.<\/p>\n<p>It happened a bit late in the season, but I definitely learned my lesson for next year. Good day everyone!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #ff5722; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nessi (Nelya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (6,457 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky Dist, Moscow Reg. (USDA Zone 4b) | \ud83d\udcc5 July 27, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I actually sprayed my melon vines with honey water. It attracted a ton of bees and I got lots of fruit set!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already devoured five of them. They weren&#8217;t huge (about 1.5 lbs \/ 700g each), but they reached the &#8220;slip stage&#8221; and fell off the vine by themselves, turning totally yellow overnight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/large.DSC00443.JPG.f48c4441336dea5dbe55485622a5abf2.JPG\" alt=\"Harvested yellow melons\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/large.DSC00455.JPG.a9528698f1032bb255121521f74dab65.JPG\" alt=\"Fresh homegrown melons\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary: Forcing Melons to Set Fruit \ud83e\udd52 The Problem: Your melon vines look incredibly healthy, but they are only producing male flowers. You might be tempted to rip them out. 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