growing watermelons

Well it is like this I have had the most terrible time trying to grow these melons. I need some advice. Maybe I will get comments to help.

This is what happened, well the plants grew. they bloomed, they developed melons, then as they grew, they would get about the size of a softball and they would rot on the tip away from the stem. I thought well maybe not enough water or maybe to much. But several people say they have the same problem. So I researched. about the water that is and the soil, I followed all the rules that apply.

I was watering every day, along with the other vegetables((which did fine)) and after I read up on the melons I thought maybe they are getting too much water. So now that all the other part of the garden is gone. I have left the darn things alone. Now they are growing except when we get a lot of rain some of the immature ones get that same rotten tip on them. I dont think it is the water myself but I dont quiet know what it is.It is a mystery to me.

These listed in the photo eventually died however I didnt know I would be writing this so I dont have Photo's I will update as soon as I do.

Ok. Now for the other problem look at he neck. Why is the watermelon growing a neck? This makes no sense to me. And then it will split in the neck and of course rot. Crazy Crazy Crazy.

Well see now we have a normal one these came after we just let it all go. We stopped weeding and watering and just let the things do what they wanted now we have a few growing and if we weed then the plants die because the sun, so we just left well enough alone.

Well we only got about 3 out of about 50. They were small but the 3 we got were very sweet. Maybe next year will be better. I hope so