Honeydew Green Flesh Cantaloupe
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Honeydew Greenflesh is an open-pollinated HEIRLOOM variety with maturity of 112 days. Superbly sweet honeydew! Rind is smooth, globe shape and without netting.
Size: 1/16 oz or 75 seeds per packet
Honeydew Greenflesh is an open-pollinated HEIRLOOM variety with maturity of 112 days. Superbly sweet honeydew! 7-9″L x 7″ fruit weighing an average of 6 lbs. Rind is smooth, globe shape and without netting. Hard pale green rind ripens to ivory-gold and a small seed cavity. Flesh is light emerald green, thick, juicy, sweet and tender with a delightful aroma. Best suited for the South or Southwest. Stores and ships well. About 19,200 seeds per lb OR 1,200 seeds per oz.
Each Honeydew Greenflesh 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.
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How to grow Honeydew Green Flesh Cantaloupe?
Honeydew Green Flesh 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 Honeydew Green Flesh Cantaloupe you’ve ever tasted. Read the below guide 'How to Grow Cantaloupe"
Timing
It is essential to start Honeydew Green Flesh 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). Honeydew Green Flesh Cantaloupe seeds should sprout in 5-10 days.
Starting
Sow Honeydew Green Flesh 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. Honeydew Green Flesh Cantaloupe melons need really warm growing conditions. Use black plastic mulch, cloches, or floating row covers. Success may improve in raised beds. Honeydew Green Flesh 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 Honeydew Green Flesh 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 Honeydew Green Flesh Cantaloupeseeds will germinate. Usual seed life: 3 years. Per 100′ row: 60 seeds, per acre: 5.2M seeds.
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