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Poor Watermelon Crown Fruit Set

July 3, 2014Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist;gcjohn@udel.edu Growers with early-planted watermelons (those planted the last week in April or first week in May) have been concerned about the lack of crown set in those fields. Some early set watermelons also… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 22:15, hollow heart, pollination, watermelon

Watermelon Pollination, Fruit Set, and Hollow Heart

April 3, 2014Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Successful fruit set and development in triploid watermelons consists of eight phases: 1) flowering of triploids (seedless) and diploid (seeded) pollenizers, 2) pollen production by seeded pollenizers, 3) pollen transfer from male… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 22:2, hollow heart, physiological disorders, pollination, watermelon

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