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Originally Posted by GoDawgs
Watermelon here will be a bust this year. The melons started forming (one on each of the two plants) and then just stopped. The foliage looks stressed and, to me, it looks like nematodes at work. Earlier I lost a spaghetti squash to them real near the watermelon plants. So much for this year. I had one Black Diamond and one Charleston Gray. They'll get pulled out today so I can mow that area.
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Yep, it was nematodes messing with both of them. The Charleston Gray was only about 12-14" long and had been that way for a while. I cut it open anyway and it was ripe and tasty. The Black Diamond is a round dark green ball about 7" in diameter. I just cut it open and it's good too so I guess the harvest for this year will stand at two melons. And NONE for the coyotes!