Melanie Matlock wrote to ask me what is wrong with her healthy watermelon vine.
From the ocregister.com
Cucurbits include pumpkins, watermelon, honeydew, squash, zucchini, cucumbers and other vine vegetables.
From the sciencedaily.com
When the stem of the curlycue is drymost of the way down to the vine, it is ready for picking, as sweetas it ever will be, with that watermelon flavor.