Green Honeydew Melon – 10 Seeds
(Cucumis Melo)
R30.00
They are large, round melons with somewhat fragile pale-green skins. Their succulent, juicy flesh is a slightly deeper green and has delicate melon flavor.
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter / Early Spring.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Early Summer.
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🍒 Fruit Quick Facts
Fruit Info
- 🍽️ Culinary Use: Jams and Jellies, Juices and Syrups, Pickled Rind, Raw Eating, Salads, Salsas
- 🥗 Edible Part: Fruit pulp, Rind
- 😋 Flavor Profile: Honey-like, Sweet
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Annual
- 🌾 Plant Type: Herbaceous Vine
- 🔁 Fruiting Needs: Needs Only 1 Plant
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Creeper, Trailing
- 🌸 Flower Color: Yellow
- 🦋 Pollinator Method: Attracts Bees, Self-pollinating
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun
- 💧 Water Needs: Avoid Overwatering, Moderate Water, Water Deeply
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Frost Sensitive, Low Cold Tolerance, Low drought tolerance, Moderate Heat Tolerance
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Compost Enriched, Fertile, Loam, Rich Organic, Sandy, Slightly acidic, Well-Drained
Green Honeydew Melon is the most commonly available variety of honeydew. They are large, round melons with somewhat fragile pale-green skins. Their succulent, juicy flesh is a slightly deeper green and has delicate melon flavor. The melons grow on vines that can reach a mature length of roughly 10 feet long, while each plant stands about 2 feet tall. Green Honeydew Melons can weigh in at around 6 pounds each when ripened and can measure 6 inches in diameter. The outer skin is a pale green to lime green color, while its inner flesh is also a bright green.
Growing Green Honeydew Melon
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter / Early Spring.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Early Summer.
- Do not plant them outside until the soil temps is at least 21-26 C.
- Sow several seeds 1cm deep in peat pots and keep them at a constant 23 C while germinating.
- Thin to one strong plant per pot.
- Harden the plants gradually by placing them outside for increasing numbers of hours each successive day so they are nice and strong when you transplant them.
- Transplant the seedlings in compost amended hills 4-6 inches apart with 2-3 plants per hill, in full sun.
- Consistent watering at onset is crucial for plump, juicy melon production. Reduce watering once fruit is set.
- Pinch off smaller fruits after midsummer so the plant can send all its energy to the larger fruit.
- Can be grown on trellises.
- After about 85 days, the blossom end will have some give with an aromatic aroma.
- A crack will form on the stem right near the attachment point. This is called the “slip stage” and allows the melon to detach from the vine. This should be very easy, requiring no effort. If you have too force it, the melon isn’t ready.
- Melons can also be removed from the vine and allowed to ripen further.
Can this plant be used for culinary purposes?
Green Honeydew Melon is traditionally used for culinary purposes such as jams and jellies and juices and syrups.
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