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Sign up freeCucumis melo 'Crimson Sweet'
Crimson Sweet is a cultivar of the common melon (Cucumis melo), known for its sweet, red flesh and netted rind. This warm-season annual vine produces round to oval fruits that are typically harvested in mid to late summer.
Cucumis melo
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A fellow Cucurbitaceae — similar growing habits to Crimson Sweet melon
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybugs, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant ChrysanthemumExcellent, DillExcellent and African MarigoldGreat nearby.Start Crimson Sweet melon indoors about 4 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 6 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 80 days.
Crimson Sweet melon seed rarely stays viable beyond 5 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 30 cm · Soil: Well-draining soil, prefers warm conditions
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Crimson Sweet melon — and alongside each other.
