Banana Cantaloupe is a OPEN-POLLINATED HEIRLOOM. Matures in 90-95 days. Old popular variety predating 1880! Banana Cantaloupe is fascinating and unusual melon that resembles a banana more than a cantaloupe! 16-20″L weighing 4-5 lbs at maturity. Little or no netting. Yellow rind, salmon flesh, very sweet and juicy with a hint of banana taste and aroma. Approximately 1,200 seeds per ounce or 19,200 seeds per pound.

Each Banana Cantaloupe seed packet contains approximately 75 seeds. Available from SeedGro, an American brand offering only the best natural, non-GMO, open-pollinated, hybrid, and heirloom untreated seeds.

Size	1/16 oz

How to grow Banana Cantaloupe?

Banana Cantaloupe plants have sparse leaves and need a lot of sunshine and heat to mature their fruit. Their roots are delicate and require high nutrition and lots of water. For all that effort, you’ll be rewarded by the ripest, sweetest Banana Cantaloupe you’ve ever tasted. Read the below guide 'How to Grow Cantaloupe"

Timing
It is essential to start Banana Cantaloupe seeds indoors or in a greenhouse mid to late April. Transplant at the end of May or first week of June, when the plants are 5 weeks old. Optimal soil temperature for germination: 20-25°C (68-77°F). Banana Cantaloupe seeds should sprout in 5-10 days.

Starting
Sow Banana Cantaloupe seeds ½” deep. Set transplants 24-36″ apart in rows 5-6′ apart.

Growing
Ideal pH: 6.0-6.8. Choose a warm, well-drained soil. Add dolomite lime and compost or well-rotted manure to the bed and ½-1 cup of complete organic fertilizer beneath each transplant. Banana Cantaloupe melons need really warm growing conditions. Use black plastic mulch, cloches, or floating row covers. Success may improve in raised beds. Banana Cantaloupe plants require 8-10 weeks of good, hot growing weather from the middle of June to the end of August. During that time, a melon vine must grow 5-9 leaves before starting to flower, then set 4 or more male flowers before making its first female flower, and then ripen its fruit before cool, damp weather sets in. Melons do not ripen off the vine. During the entire growing season, make sure to provide ample water.

Harvest
Fruit will ripen in late August to early September. Ripe Banana Cantaloupe will easily detach from the vine when light finger pressure is applied to the stem.

Seed Info
In ideal conditions at least 60% of Banana Cantaloupeseeds will germinate. Usual seed life: 3 years. Per 100′ row: 60 seeds, per acre: 5.2M seeds.

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