Splitting Watermelons

My watermelon vines are bearing several fruit, but in the past week a couple of them have split open. What would be causing this?

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#1 Comment By Cathy On 07/25/2011 @ 3:14 pm

This is normally caused by irregular watering. Usually too much at first and then not enough as they are reaching maturity.

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