MELON ANANAS - CUCUMIS MELO L
30 HIGH QUALITY FRUIT SEEDS
Description:
MELON ANANAS "Cucumis melo" is a ANNUAL CLIMBER growing to 1.5 m (5ft).
It has a light, tender, golden to orange colored skin. The fleshy part is ivory in color. It reaches maturity in 75-85 days. The variety is resistant to diseases - Fusarium, Alternaria, etc. It is characterized by good dimensions, tasty and dense fleshy part, compact core without hollow spaces.
Sow in April, under glass at 20oC. Two seeds per pot. Thin to the strongest seedlings, grow on and transplant when 10 cm tall into large individual pots, grow bags or greenhouse border. Train up wires or sticks.
It is in flower from July to September, and the seeds ripen from Aug to October.
Melons are tender plants, so need a warm, sunny spot with high humidity. In the UK it is best to grow in a glasshouse, polytunnel or under a cloche or in a coldframe.
Melons need a rich, fertile, moisture retentive, deep and well-drained soil.
Three to four weeks before planting, prepare the ground by removing weeds and incorporating up to two bucketfuls of organic matter and a modest dressing of general purpose fertiliser. Water well and cover in clear polythene for a week before planting to warm the soil.
Keep well watered at all times. When fruit are the size of walnuts, feed with a high potash potassium liquid fertiliser every 7-10 days. Stop feeding and reduce watering when the fruits start to ripen and foliage dies back.
Increase ventilation and remove shading once plants become established, but remember to re-apply shading later in summer if temperatures exceed 25ºC.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY - Please note seed is a live product which depends on many important related grower skills such as proper planting time, seed depth, and type of soil, watering, proper use of fertilizers, weed controls, fungicides, insecticides, disease free soil, and reasonable weather conditions during the growing period. Germination is affected by such factors as temperature, moisture content, light intensity and contamination of planting media.