Pecamelón
- Ontario Grown
$2.20
SKU: GS-6524-CUC-20+
- Free shipping on orders over $50
- Organicly grown
- Non GMO
Descripción
Melothria scabra, conocida comúnmente como cucamelón, sandía mexicana miniatura, pepino agrio mexicano, pepinillo agrio mexicano, melón ratón o pepquinos, es una especie de planta con flores de la familia de las cucurbitáceas que se cultiva por su fruto comestible. Su área de distribución nativa abarca desde México hasta Venezuela.
Especificaciones
- Plant Name: Cucamelon / Mexican Sour Gherkin (Melothria scabra)
- Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
- Plant Class: Warm-Season Annual Specialty Fruit/Vegetable
- Color: Light green skin with dark green striped mottling; pale crisp interior
- Plant Characteristics: Slender, fast-climbing vining habit (6–10 feet long / 1.8–3 m), fine Ivy-like foliage, petite 1-inch grape-sized fruit, prolific yield, strong natural pest/disease resistance
- Suitable Space: Vegetable garden beds with trellising, raised beds, patio containers with cages, vertical edible arches
- Season: Midsummer through Autumn Harvest (Warm Season)
- Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start seeds indoors mid-to-late April in peat pots or soil blocks (germinates in 7–14 days at 21–24°C / 70–75°F); transplant outdoors late May after all frost danger has passed
- soil is warm. Alternatively, direct sow outdoors late May.: soil is warm. Alternatively, direct sow outdoors late May.
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily)
- Watering Needs: Moderate (requires consistent, even moisture for optimal fruit crunch
- continuous setting): continuous setting)
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