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Sign up freeCucumis melo 'Athena'
Athena is a cultivar of the common melon (Cucumis melo), a warm-season annual vine producing sweet, round or oval fruits. Melons are widely cultivated for their edible flesh and require warm temperatures and full sunlight to develop optimal flavor and sweetness.
Cucumis melo
fruit
A fellow Cucurbitaceae — similar growing habits to Athena melon
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybugs, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant ChrysanthemumExcellent, DillExcellent and African MarigoldGreat nearby.Start Athena melon indoors about 4 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in full sun, spaced about 60 cm apart. It is frost-tender, so don't plant out early. Expect to harvest in roughly 70 days.
Athena melon seed rarely stays viable beyond 5 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 30 cm · Soil: Well-draining soil, fertile loam preferred
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Athena melon — and alongside each other.
