Description

Melothria scabra, communément appelé cucamelon, pastèque miniature mexicaine, concombre aigre mexicain, cornichon aigre mexicain, melon souris ou pepquinos, est une espèce de plante à fleurs de la famille des cucurbitacées cultivée pour ses fruits comestibles. Son aire de répartition naturelle s'étend du Mexique au Venezuela.

Spécifications

  • 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.
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What is included?

Contains about 1 gram of seeds

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Good to know
  • Delivers high novelty appeal and excellent flavor—crisp cucumber texture with a natural, refreshing lime tang
  • Exceptionally resilient plant that is naturally resistant to common cucumber pests (like cucumber beetles) and diseases
  • Heavy, continuous producer throughout the entire summer right up until the first fall frost
  • Vines are delicate initially and slow to start growing early in the season before explosive summer growth begins
  • Small fruit size requires frequent, selective harvesting to keep up with high yields

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