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Since you have plenty of flowers, it sounds like it is more of a pollination issue. First, make sure that the flowers you see are indeed female. The male flowers (with thin stems behind the flower, no knob) will often form about a week before the female flowers start. The female flowers will always have a little knob at the base of the petals, even before they are pollinated. If you don’t see that, then likely you have just male flowers—the females should come along in time. If, however, you have female flowers, with the little knobs at the base, but fruit is not forming, it might possibly be due to other pollination troubles. In this case, you might hand-pollinate—using a small artist’s paintbrush or similar, transfer pollen from the male flower to the stigma of the female flower. Sometimes there aren’t enough bees or other pollinators to do a good job (but sounds like you have plenty). Other times, it could be due to growing/weather conditions that cause problems. Or, if you have a seedless type of watermelon, you will need to plant a seeded type nearby for pollination, or fruit will not develop. The pollen from male flowers on seedless watermelons are not reliably viable—you’ll need to gather some from a seeded type (perhaps another gardener can help, if you don’t already have some growing in your garden). Hope this helps!

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