melen flowers

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  1. Orchid man

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    hi every body dose any one know how to polinate mellons my plant has only one tipe of flower and it has pollens. its near the stem. what does the female flowers looklike?
     
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    Female Melon flowers always have a bulge under the flower head (this will eventually be the melon), as seen in this pic :-


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    Male flower are just that, flowers with NO round bulge under the flower.


    Nathan.
     
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    You can use a small artist's paintbrush to transfer pollen, or you can break off a male flower, remove its petals to expose the pollen-bearing structure, and roll the pollen onto the stigma in the center of the female flower. When hand pollinating, it is important to use only freshly opened flowers. Flowers open early in the morning and are receptive for only one day.
     
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