Sunday 6 February 2011

babymelons

I haven't been very good at getting out to the melons with a little paintbrush and pollinating.  Half the time it's raining in the morning which makes it all a bit pointless anyway.  So I was pleasantly surprised to find three little watermelons managed to pollinate all by themselves.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/melonsmall2.JPG
This one got wedged between the plastic lattice and wooden slats on the fence, pinching it.  Poor little melon!  Good thing I found you and squeezed you back out again.  That didn't look comfortable at all!
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/melonsmall1.JPG
They got some little bird net slings set up for them to hold their weight against the fence.  No sign yet of melons from the Hale's best rockmelon, I hope a few set soon!


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