Description:

This variety, rustic and resistant to diseases is an improvement of the Charentais type. It gives melons of regular caliber, half embroidered, of excellent taste quality.

Culinary tip:

Delicious fresh, you can also enjoy it with a touch of salt.

Soil tip:

For large fruit, cut the stem two leaves above the 3rd or 4th formed melon.
Melon likes sunny exposure.

Culture advice:

1. Sows: Sow in May in sunny conditions, 5-6 seeds in small shallow holes 1 m x 60 cm apart. To get melons from July, sow under a heated shelter in February to April.
2. Lightening: A fortnight after sowing, keep only the strongest plant in each hole and pull out the others.
3. Harvest: Cut and harvest from July to September.

Plants:

The melon likes the proximity of the leek because it protects it from parasites like fusarium.

Performance:

Up to 10 feet

The stages of sowing:

Legal:

EC rules and standards. Standard seeds. Seeds for family use.
Their germination is checked periodically in the laboratory on reference samples until the specified sales deadline.