Description:

This traditional variety gives melons with smooth skin, thick flesh, colorful and very fragrant.
The melon can be eaten as a starter with ham and port or plain, for dessert.

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

Plants:

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

Bag with 3g seeds

The stages of sowing: