Lately the cantaloupe/rockmelon plant has been producing plenty of male flowers, but not a single female flower. To my surprise today, I found a female flower!
For your information plants in the melon-family produce each individual male and female reproductive system. A female flower has bump at the back of the flower, while male flower does not have. With the help from pollinators like bees, pollen from the male flower will be transferred to the female flower. If the female flower is pollinated succesfully,it will begin to produce fruit.
Once the female flower blooms, I will have to hand-pollinate the flower by myself as I don't see any pollinators around.
A female flower has a bump the back of the flower which will
swell into fruit if pollination is successfull.
No comments:
Post a Comment