Pruning and Loosening Methods for the Fruiting Vine of Watermelon
Pruning and Loosening the Fruiting Vine of Watermelon
(Agricultural Wealth Network) When the young fruit grows to the size of a chicken egg, remove all side branches on the fruiting vine, remove the soil clods pressed on the vine behind the fruit or lift out the vine that has been pressed into the soil, and loosen the vine at the fruit-setting node so that the vine lies straight and relaxed, which helps the young fruit expand.