Here’s the watermelon after it plateaued out. At this point I was hoping it was just taking a breather and would get bigger.

Well, the watermelon plant that showed a second wind was certainly willing, but it couldn’t triumph over the combination of wet weather and mischievous critters.

After the lovely phenomenal growth spurt, the fruit slowed down – probably because the plant didn’t have enough leaves and strength to fully develop the fruit. All I know is, one evening I noticed a yellowish spot on the fruit, that developed a brown spot and some softness in the skin just two days later. Two rainy days after that, I went to check the fruit and found this:

This is a sad but curiously intriguing sight – to me, anyway. I’m guessing this was the work of an insect first, then snails.

Oh well. There will be more plants and I should be a bit wiser to help them along when they grow.

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