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Melon Charentais | Cantaloupe Melon
Melon Charentais | Cantaloupe Melon

Melon Charentais | Cantaloupe Melon

SKU: SD30001134
approx 8 seeds
£2.49
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Overview

This famous, popular Cantaloupe melon with 2lb (1kg) fruits bursting with aromatic, thick, extremely sweet, deep orange flesh. 'Charentais' is best grown in a greenhouse although it will produce netted pale greenish yellow fruits in frames or under cloches and is highly recommended for northern parts of the UK. Growing instructions: Sow singly into pots, edge down into the compost. Cover with a fine layer of compost and firm gently. Cover pots with glass, polythene or propagator lid. Keep at 20-25°C and keep moist. Remove cover when seedlings appear. At 4-5 leaf stage, place 45cm apart in the greenhouse, training main stems vertically up wires, remove the growing point at approx. 7th leaf stage on in a cold frame, limit growth to the size of frame. Alternatively, space 75cm apart in a warm, sunny sheltered position outside. Once fruiting begins apply a liquid feed once a week. Sow: February to April Harvest: July to October

Specifications

  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Hardiness: tender annual
  • Eventual Height:0.3m-0.6m
  • Eventual Spread: 1m-2m

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

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Packaging
Seeds will arrive in paper satchets which are packaged in A4 or A5 hard backed envelopes.

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