They have great glowing white colour. The best colour ever for a bitter melon!

Bitter melon is often used in Indian/Chinese cooking for its bitter flavour, typically in stir-fries (often with pork and douchi), soups, and also as tea. It has also been used in place of hops as the bittering ingredient in some Chinese beers. It is very popular throughout South Asia. In Northern India, it is often prepared with potatoes and served with yoghurt on the side to offset the bitterness, or used in sabji. In North Indian cuisine it is stuffed with spices and then cooked in oil.* This bitter melon is a traditional ingredient in Asian medicine and cuisine. Its most basic use is to help with gastrointestinal issues. In the United States, studies have shown that it can help people who are coping with diabetes. Extracts of the fruit also might help prevent and treat cancer and malaria!!!

If this variety did not exist a pharmaceutical company would invent it.  In fact, there have been some ten studies published this past year about it, the latest as of this writing in February 2008 in the Journal of Food Biochemistry about its potential in diabetes treatment. 

They are very easy to grow & easy to maintain. The plant can produce heaps of good sized bitter melon for months. Best time to sow seeds after frost.   Seeds need min 20°C to germinate. Soak the seeds in water for a few hours before planting and sow them in 10mm deep in a sunny, well-drained position. Germinates between 10-14 days. Sow them 35-50cm apart. Enjoy your harvest approx 70 days from transplanting.

GROWING INSTRUCTIONS:

For Chilli, Eggplant (similar small seeds)
Fill the pot with seed raising mix. Make a small hole in the middle and sow the seed between 8 to 10mm deep. Cover the hole with some soil and spray water gently. Please make sure to keep it moist and always provide them between 22 to 24 degrees of constant heat. For best germination success, please use a heat mat under the pot. Buy a heat mat from eBay and it won't cost you much and will last for a few years. Seeds germinate between 2 to 5 weeks’ time depending on the variety you are growing.

For Gourd, Bean, Melon (similar large seeds)
Fill the pot with seed raising mix. Make a small hole in the middle and sow the seed between 15 to 20mm deep. Cover the hole with some soil and spray water gently. Please make sure to keep it moist and always provide them between 22 to 24 degrees of constant heat. For best germination success, please use a heat mat under the pot. Buy a heat mat from eBay and it won't cost you much and will last for a few years. Seeds germinate between 2 to 3 weeks’ time depending on the variety you are growing.

National Shipping/Delivery
The seeds will be sent through standard shipping (without the tracking number) unless you want a registered post option. If you want us to send through registered post, please contact us after you buy and paid for the items. If you do not contact us on the same day, then we will send the item/items through standard shipping.

NATIONAL QUARANTINE INFORMATION
Due to quarantine restrictions, seeds & plants can't be sent to Tasmania or WA.

International Shipping/Delivery
We charge $5.50 for international non-trackable standard shipping. So, if the postage is lost in transit and you do not receive them or your country's custom confiscate the seeds, we won't be responsible for it. You will not be refunded, nor we will resend the seeds again. 

Please do not buy the seeds if you are not agreed to these terms. If you want us to send through registered post, please contact us before you buy any items from our store.