Bitter Melon Plant

Good soil moisture is important in early stages of growth and during pollination when fruits are setting. Packet: 15 seeds.A light, well-drained soil with a pH of 7.0 and a southern exposure is ideal.

Plant 3 seeds per cell or pot, about 1/4" deep. Store ripe netted melons at 36-41°F (2-5°C); store other melons at 45-50°F (7-10°C) for 7-14 days.If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace the item or refund the...

Heavily-netted oval fruits avg. Reduce water and temperature for a week to harden seedlings. These must be cut from the vine.All melons should be stored at 85-95% relative humidity.

Plant 3 seeds per cell or pot, about 1/4" deep. Store ripe netted melons at 36-41°F (2-5°C); store other melons at 45-50°F (7-10°C) for 7-14 days.If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace the item or refund the...

Good soil moisture is important in early stages of growth and during pollination when fruits are setting. Packet: 30 seeds.A light, well-drained soil with a pH of 7.0 and a southern exposure is ideal.

Keep temperature 80-90°F (27-32°C) until germination. After this point do not water the last week before fruits are ripe, as overwatering can cause bland fruit.Sow indoors in 50 cell plug trays or 2-3" peat pots in late April or one month (no sooner!)...

Good soil moisture is important in early stages of growth and during pollination when fruits are setting. Packet: 30 seeds.A light, well-drained soil with a pH of 7.0 and a southern exposure is ideal.

Early maturing Splendor is a great choice for Northern climates, but is well adapted to longer growing areas. A true ''Ice box'' melon, Splendor produces dark green, 7 to 9 lbs. Fruits with bright red flesh.

Thick, aromatic, sweet green flesh is of exceptional eating quality. Concentrated set of 5-6 lb. "Sudden wilt" is a complex disease and cold weather stress syndrome in late summer when plants have a heavy set of ripening melons, can cause plants to wilt...

Harvest at full slip, when the skin of the fruit is yellow. Extended harvest. Keep plants healthy with good fertility and irrigation to avoid sudden wilt.Each variety is a little different.

Intermediate resistance to fusarium wilt races 1,2 and powdery mildew. Outer skin is green with a yellow tinge when ripe. Keep plants healthy with good fertility and irrigation to avoid sudden wilt.Each variety is a little different.

Sweet and aromatic, deep-orange flesh. Unsurpassed eating quality. "Sudden wilt" is a complex disease and cold weather stress syndrome in late summer when plants have a heavy set of ripening melons, can cause plants to wilt almost overnight.

When the weather is frost-free, warm, and settled, transplant 2-3' apart in rows 6' apart or thin to 1 plant/pot or cell with scissors and transplant 18" apart. Widely grown in Spain.

Fruit matures in 86 days. Armenian hybrid heirloom is a scrumptious discovery you will savor. Originally bred in Armenia, seeds of the cantaloupe made their way to Cantaloupe, Italy, where the fruit was first cultivated in Europe and earned its name.

Resistant to downy mildew Vigorous, fast-growing variety with full-sized vines is adaptable to hot, humid conditions. A triumph of great flavor-and our 2012 taste test winner. A melon for one, this personal-sized1 lb.

Shipped with pollinator. Vibrant orange flesh, great flavor, very sweet and crisp. Round, oval, 14-18 lbs. Holds extremely well.

Ready to harvest about 78 days from sowing. Luscious lime-green flesh. These perfectly sized 2-3 lb. Melons make a tasty dessert. Fruit slips easily from vine when mature for easy harvest.

One beauteous, tasty and sweet cantaloupe. Tipping the scales at 6-7 lb., this early-maturing variety boasts exceptional fruit quality, firm, crisp flesh, high sugar content, excellent flavor and gorgeous flesh color.

Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart. The Yellow Doll Watermelon is an earlier, more productive watermelon with fewer seeds and is sweeter than red icebox types.

When plants are well established thin to 2 to each hill. Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start! Plant seed not over one inch deep 4 to 6 to the hill, pressing soil firmly over them.

With very sweet and aromatic white flesh. Attractive, dark-green speckled fruits avg. "Sudden wilt" is a complex disease and cold weather stress syndrome in late summer when plants have a heavy set of ripening melons, can cause plants to wilt almost overnight.

Honey Bun is a real bush cantaloupe that is well suited for the smaller garden. The little melons are 5" across with deep orange flesh and honey-sweet flavor. Each vine will produce 3 or 4 fruits.

This delectable hybrid is the descendant of a cherished French heirloom, Coquette; its smooth, oblong 8-9 lb. Fruits boast light orange flesh with sublimely sweet flavor. Vigorous hybrid plants are prolific and disease resistant.

And how sweet it is, with a brix rating of 10-12 brix. One melon will feed the whole family—and a friend or two or three. The colossal, sweeter-than-sweet fruits weigh in at 15 lbs.

Harvest when skin turns orange-yellow. This is one delicious melon in a hurry, ripening in just 80-85 days. Stores well for weeks after harvest. Cook's Garden Favorite. With a flavor residing in the delectable peach-pineapple continuum, Ukrainian heirloom...

Edible sunlight. The name of this luscious Spanish oval-shaped, smooth-skinned 6 lb. Crisp and firm, the fruit's succulent, pale green flesh is aromatic, tangy and tasty-ready for dessert, fruit salad, cold soups and smoothies.

Honey dews, native to Central Asia but long grown in France, were introduced into the US in the 1900s. Best suited for the South and Southwest or a southern exposure; it needs to be pampered elsewhere.