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Sign up freeCucumis melo 'Orange-Fleshed Honeydew'
Orange-Fleshed Honeydew is a cultivar of muskmelon (Cucumis melo) with distinctive orange-colored flesh. It is a warm-season annual vine that produces round to oval melons with smooth skin and sweet, fragrant orange flesh.
Cucumis melo
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A fellow Cucurbitaceae — similar growing habits to Orange-Fleshed Honeydew melon
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybugs, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant ChrysanthemumExcellent, DillExcellent and African MarigoldGreat nearby.Start Orange-Fleshed Honeydew melon indoors about 3 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 85 days.
Orange-Fleshed Honeydew melon seed rarely stays viable beyond 5 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 30 cm · Soil: Well-draining soil rich in organic matter; prefers slightly acidic to neutral pH (6.0-7.0)
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Orange-Fleshed Honeydew melon — and alongside each other.
