hi. firsty hello, this is my first post on here, seems like a great messageboard.
down to my question. i've got 6 melon plants in the greenhouse which i grew from seeds from a bought canteloup. they are growing very well, loads of flowers, mostly male. ive been polinating the female ones by stripping the petels of the male flowers and dabbing the pollen in the females ones. the ovaries do not swell but have been going yellow and dropping off. one hasnt actually but it's not developing either. so how do you get them to set fruit, any tricks? do they have to be growing up canes as they are trailing along the ground at the moment?
cheers andy