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Charantais melon
A fragrant, honey-sweet melon producing small, round fruits with blushed rinds and rich orange flesh. Ripening early under cover and fills the garden with tropical aroma. Perfect for greenhouse or polytunnel growing in the UK.
 
When to sow: Mar/Apr
 
HOW TO SOW MELONS:
Sow seeds individually in pots of moist compost at 22–25°C. Keep covered with a lid until germination, then grow on in bright, warm conditions. Transplant after the last frost into greenhouse beds or large containers.
 
  • Classification: Tender annual
  • Expert Level: Intermediate
  • Germination time: 1–2 weeks
  • Fruiting Time Time: Jul–Sep
 
  • Site: Full sun/Sheltered position
  • Soil Type: Fertile/Well-drained
  • Soil Acidity: Neutral
  • Moisture: Consistent moisture
  • Care: Feed weekly with high‑potash fertiliser once flowering starts. Water regularly at the base and avoid wetting foliage. Limit to 3–4 fruits per plant for best flavour.
  • Use: Fresh eating, desserts, aromatic summer salads.
 
  • Harvest: Pick at ‘slip’ stage when fruit detaches easily from the stem and emits a strong sweet scent. Typically 85 days from sowing under ideal conditions.
  • Days to Maturity:  85 days
  • Feed:Height:1.5m
  • Plant Spacing:  60 cm

Melon Charantais

£2.45Price
Quantity

  • 15 Seeds per packet Approx

    Please note that the majority of our seeds are packed by volume so the number of seeds indicated is an approximation.

    We make every effort to provide British seeds where possible, but in some cases our British Growers are unable to grow in sufficient quantities to meet our demand or the seeds are subject to Plant breeders' rights which means it is only possible for us to buy these seeds from certain non UK sources.  

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