Cucamelons are one of our favourite crops to grow, producing baskets full of fruit that look like tiny watermelons and taste just like cucumber with a twist of lime. They grow on a slender, graceful vine which not only looks beautiful but produces bountiful fruits. Slice cucamelons into salads for added wow factor, pickle them to add excitement to your olives, or (our favourite) pop them into a gin and tonic and sit back and enjoy a relaxing cocktail in the garden. These vines are easy grow, although they will appreciate a sunny, sheltered spot and will do best in a greenhouse or polytunnel. A great crop to grow with children, as searching for the tiny cucamelons amongst the vine leaves is always a favourite.
Cucamelon
£3.49
Cucamelons produce masses of fruit that look like tiny watermelons and taste just like cucumber with a twist of lime.
Cucamelon Information
Your plants will arrive as multi-sown plugs, ready to be planted out. Sales end 23rd June.
- Number of vegetable plant plugs in the box: 1
- Latin name for Cucamelon: Melothria scabra
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What to do when your plants arrive
- Unpack them. Your seedlings will arrive carefully packed in bio-degradable straw, cardboard and paper. They may look a little bit bedraggled from their journey. Don’t panic – this is totally normal and they should soon perk up. Please try and unpack your plants as soon as they arrive, as every extra hour they spend in the box will add to the stress of travelling to their new home.
- Give them a drink. Having spent a day or two in the post, your new plants will be thirsty! Stand them up in some fresh water for a few minutes to make sure their roots have been thoroughly soaked before planting.
- Plant them out into their forever home! Your plants can’t wait to get their roots into the soil. Plant them out according to the instructions that will have come in the box with them. Make sure you water them in well, and give them plenty to drink until their roots have had a chance to get settled.
Substitutions
As you well know, plants are unpredictable creatures and so is the British weather. As such, we reserve the right to substitute items in your order for an equivalent variety. To find out more about substitutions, please take a look at our terms and conditions.
Delivery
We charge a flat shipping fee of £6.99 per shipping season. If you order everything from one season ie Spring you will be charged once, if you order Spring and Summer you will be charged twice etc. We do not ship outside of the UK.
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Planning your site
Cucurbits grow best outside in the full sun, so if you have the space then go for a large bed full or a raised bed, though they will grow well in large pots as well. Wherever you put them, they will want as much manure/ organic matter as you can give them.
Growing tips
All the Cucurbit family are quite resource hungry! They like lots of space (up to 1.5 metres if possible), lots of water and lots of organic matter when you plant them out. Having said that, they are surprisingly resislient and can tolerate a fair amount of neglect. You will be rewarded however, if you give them some TLC and generally keep an eye on them.
What to watch out for
Powdery Mildew, which appears as a white powdery deposit over the leaf surface and leaves. Cucumber mosaic virus which shows as a distinctive yellow mosaic patterning and Whitefly.
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