Cucamelon 'Melothria'Melothria scabra, Mexican gherkhin, Mouse Melon

Half-hardy Annual

What is Half-Hardy Annual?
A plant that completes its entire life cycle (growth, reproduction, death) in one season.
Can be grown outdoors but requires winter protection from frosts and temperatures below 0C.

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Intruiging fruits with a refreshing zesty flavour

Ideal for adding to salads

Surprisingly easy to grow!

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Height Up to 240cm (96in)
Spread Up to 50cm (20in)

Half-hardy Annual

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Description
If you want to be on trend in the kitchen and in the garden, join top chefs and celeb gardeners by putting the unusual fruits of cucamelon on your menu this season. This easy to grow fruiting climber performs strongly on a sunny patio or border and even better in the greenhouse, producing heavy crops of mini melon fruits tasting of cucumber with a twist of lime! Eat the grape-sized fruits fresh from the vine all through summer, but do try to save some for salads, salsas and pickles!
The vigorous decorative foliage makes this lush climber truly dual purpose - grow this trendy patio fruit on an ornate obelisk and make it a talking point feature of your summer garden. For maximum fruit production, stop main stems at 2.4m (8ft) and trim back all side shoots to 45cm (18"). Height: 2.4m (8ft). Spread: 50cm (20").

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How to Grow
Pot up Cucamelon plants and grow them on in warm, frost free conditions. When plants are well grown and all risk of frost has passed, plant out in fertile well drained soil in a sheltered, sunny spot outdoors. Alternatively grow them in growbags in the greenhouse. Provide adequate support such as a trellis or framework of canes to support their rambling stems.
More Info
Feed and water Cucamelons regularly throughout the growing season. Train the long stems onto a supporting framework. Pinch out the tips of the stems to encourage branching. Cucamelons can be harvested when they are roughly the size of a grape. Fruits that are allowed to grow larger than this may develop a bitter flavour so they are best picked young.
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Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

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Thompson & Morgan strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3

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