Melon 'Blenheim Orange' (Cucumis melo) seeds
- Robust honeydew variety that bears many up to 1kg heavy, oval fruits with orange pulp.
- Contents: Approx. 10 seeds
- Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly
Regular price:
€2.39
Product number: CUM02 GTIN: 4250601201986
Description
The honeydew melon 'Blenheim Orange' is perfectly suitable for cultivation in Central Europe. Also in not all too sunny years, the variety forms strongly scenting fruits. They have the characteristic mesh pattern of many sugar melons, are slightly oval, and reach over 1kg in weight. The orange pulp is very sweet.
Blenheim Orange is best known as an apple variety from the British Oxfordshire but this juicy melon shares its name with the delicious apples. What the two old varieties have in common is that they are grown in traditional, Victorian kitchen gardens.
Blenheim Orange is best known as an apple variety from the British Oxfordshire but this juicy melon shares its name with the delicious apples. What the two old varieties have in common is that they are grown in traditional, Victorian kitchen gardens.
Plant profile
| Lifecycle | Annual |
|---|---|
| Species | Cucurbitaceae |
| Flower colour | Yellow |
| Flowering months | July, June |
| Main harvest | August, July, September |
Growing instructions
| When to sow outdoors | May |
|---|---|
| Sowing depth | 1 cm |
| Germination temperature | 18-24° C |
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Planting distance | 75 cm |
| Row spacing | 80 cm |
Sowing and care
Sowing indoors from March, plant the plantlets outdoors from mid-May. Planting distance: Approx. 80cm.
Other names
Botanical name: Cucumis melo, Melo vulgaris, M. orientalis
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