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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.

SKU 7420

Botanical Name: Cucumis melon

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	Tender	2	20	Transplant

KEY to WHEN TO SOW

1 Early Spring

2 Late Spring &
Early Summer

3 Late Summer &
Early Autumn

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