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Heirloom

Melon Banana

NZ $3.95

Description


Delectable heirloom banana shaped melon from the 1800s. Not even vaguely round, it shares features of both a cantaloupe and a snake melon with an elongated shape tapered at both ends. It has a smooth yellow skin at maturity with very little netting if any and salmon pink flesh that has an intense spicy sweet flavour. The plentiful melons are 45cm long and 10cm in diameter at maturity.

Matures 80 days from Transplant.

 

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Cucumis melo

Information

OPTIMUM SOIL TEMP FOR GERMINATION DAYS TO GERMINATION DISTANCE APART TO PLANT SEEDLINGS PREFERRED GROWING PERIOD WHEN TO SOW NUMBER OF SEEDS PER PACKET PREFERRED GROWING METHOD BEST USE
20-25 7-12 100cm-icon 100cm Tender 2 20 Transplant-icon Transplant
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KEY to WHEN TO SOW

   1 Early Spring 2 Late Spring &
Early Summer		 3 Late Summer &
Early Autumn

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