Organic Chinese Savory Melon

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80-85 days to harvest Cucumis melo

HEIRLOOM Melt in your mouth and oh so juicy, we’ve never tasted a melon even remotely like this, Friends: Deep melon flavors nuanced with tropical fruit, Chinese Savory resists saccharine sweetness yet is so fabulously refreshing. If flavor is a fascination as well as profound joy in your life, a) we can be friends (!) and b) your life will never be the same after tasting this melon. With a thin rind melting like butter in your mouth alongside the rich flesh, the entire experience of this melon is both familiar and impressively unique. Easy to grow and with a wider harvest window than many melons, each plant shares 3 to 4 exquisite fruit, so beautiful and easy to spot amid the forest of melon foliage.

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Organic Chinese Savory Melon

80-85 days to harvest Cucumis melo

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HEIRLOOM Melt in your mouth and oh so juicy, we’ve never tasted a melon even remotely like this, Friends: Deep melon flavors nuanced with tropical fruit, Chinese Savory resists saccharine sweetness yet is so fabulously refreshing. If flavor is a fascination as well as profound joy in your life, a) we can be friends (!) and b) your life will never be the same after tasting this melon. With a thin rind melting like butter in your mouth alongside the rich flesh, the entire experience of this melon is both familiar and impressively unique. Easy to grow and with a wider harvest window than many melons, each plant shares 3 to 4 exquisite fruit, so beautiful and easy to spot amid the forest of melon foliage.

800 x 400 organic melon

To harvest even more and earlier melons, grow them under hoops and floating row cover until they flower. This allows them to grow faster while also protecting them from the voracious cucumber beetles transmitting bacterial wilt.

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Organic Chinese Savory Melon

Direct Sow: Sow 1–2 weeks after last frost when soil is above 70°F, 3 seeds every 3-4′, 1″ deep. Thin to 1 plant/group. Protect from Cucumber Beetles & increase heat with floating row cover until flowering. Ample water during pollination & fruit set essential. Fruit may be ripe when rind on ground is softening and fruit is fragrant.

Sowing Date: After frost, late May to early June
Seed Depth: 1 inch
Days to Germination: 4-8
Days to Maturity: 80-85 days to fruit
Plant spacing after thinning: 3-4 feet
Height: full 6′ + vine

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