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Sign up freeCucumis melo 'Sweet Granite'
Sweet Granite is a hybrid melon cultivar belonging to Cucumis melo, known for its sweet, flavorful flesh and netted rind. This warm-season fruit requires full sun and consistent moisture during the growing season.
Cucumis melo 'Earlidew'
fruitA fellow Cucurbitaceae — similar growing habits to Sweet Granite melon
Start Sweet Granite 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 75 days.
Sweet Granite melon seed rarely stays viable beyond 5 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 30 cm · Soil: Well-draining soil; prefers fertile, sandy loam
These three thrive alongside Sweet Granite melon — and alongside each other.