Cantaloupe de Charentais Melon
£2.90
53 in stock
Intensely aromatic, juicy and sweet, this gourmet French heirloom cultivar produces 1kg fruits with grey netted skin turning yellow when ripe. The deep orange flesh is melt-in-the mouth delicious. Well suited to cooler climates, vigorous and productive.
Originating in the 1920s from the Poitou-Charentes region of western France these melons fill the polytunnel, greenhouse or kitchen with a glorious aroma when ripe.
They aren’t available to buy in the shops, so like many fruits and vegetables you have to grow your own to get the best flavour experiences. Easy to grow, either up strings or rambling over the ground.
Approx. 14 seeds
Botanical name: Cucumis melo
- Grown by: Simon Powell
For best results start in seed mid-April to early May in a heated propagator. Pot on if necessary, when seedlings have two true leaves. Plant out into rich soil, ideally in a greenhouse or polytunnel late May to early June when all risk of frost has passed. Can be spaced ~3 ft apart and left to sprawl or closer with vertical support.
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