I've been frustrated to find that observer blocks dont update to the following blocks, generally those with extended block updates, such as:
-Beetroot
-Wheat
-Carrot
-Potato
and more...
This same "problem" occurred once on pocket edition (then got fixed), but is the same situation on bedrock, and makes automatic farms really frustrating to build.
Updating the ticket to remove melon/pumkin stems since we are tracking it here MCPE-36783