Very easy to grow, this vagarous climber will produce a constant supply of fruits through the summer. Fruits have the distinctive stripy watermelon pattern and the inside tastes just like a cucumber.
When to Sow: Apr - May
HOW TO SOW: Sow indoors into individual pots in their edge to prevent rotting. Ideal temp of 21°C to be maintained day and night so best to use a heated matt.
Transplant when 7cm tall into growbags, pots or into the ground. Can be trained up a trellis, canes or other sort of support structure or alternatively can trail along the ground.
- Classification: Half Hardy Perennial
- Group: Fruiting Vegetables
- Germination Time: 1-2 weeks
- Harvest Time: Jul - Sep
- Site: Full Sun/Sheltered Sun
- Soil Type: Will grow in most soils
- Soil Acidity: All Types
- Moisture: Well drained
- Care: Keep well watered and feed with high potash fertilizer. Roots can be overwintered in a frost free place and replanted the following year.
- Use: Edible
- Harvest: Pick regularly to ensure a continuous crop and pick young for the best tasting fruits, older fruits will taste bitter.
- Days to Maturity: 84 Days
- Feed:Manure & Liquid Feed
- Height:250cm
- Plant Spacing: 40cm
Cucamelon
25 Seeds per packet Approx
Please note that the majority of our seeds are packed by volume so the number of seeds indicated is an approximation.
We make every effort to provide British seeds where possible, but in some cases our British Growers are unable to grow in sufficient quantities to meet our demand or the seeds are subject to Plant breeders' rights which means it is only possible for us to buy these seeds from certain non UK sources.