Cucumis melo | Chinese Cucumber | Vine
Cucumis melo belongs to the plant family CUCURBITACE and Genus Cucumis This Vine prefers soil a pH of 6 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to full shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Cucumis melo does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Cucumis melo so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Cucumis melo Chinese cucumber is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … No fertilizer
Full sun to full shade is needed for Cucumis melo to do its best.
Cucumis melo will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Cucumis melo is a perennial.
This plant is will tolerate frost and is classed as … Tolerates cold
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Fresh;Pickled. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … has firm crisp flesh, very few seeds and a classic cucumber taste
Gourd … are the edible part(s) of the Yellow Elderberry plant
It has firm crisp flesh, very few seeds and a classic cucumber taste. Cucumis melo is most commonly used pickled or fresh.
Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 1' in one direction and 1' in the other direction.
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"Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden", Anne Moyer Halpin, editor, Organic Gardening and Farming, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1978.