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Zehneria scabra - Cucamelon
Mexican mini cucumber Zehneria scabra is a small decorative cucumber that looks like a melon, but the taste is unmistakably cucumber. It is also called cucamelon or mouse melon.
Strikingly fun in all kinds of dishes as a garnish, but also to make as gherkins. Easy to grow in a greenhouse or in a sheltered place in full sun. The plants automatically climb in mesh up to almost a meter high.
Description
Mexican mini cucumber Zehneria scabra is a small decorative cucumber that looks like a melon, but the taste is unmistakably cucumber. It is also called cucamelon or mouse melon.
Strikingly fun in all kinds of dishes as a garnish, but also to make as gherkins. Easy to grow in a greenhouse or in a sheltered place in full sun. The plants automatically climb in mesh up to almost a meter high.
Sowing indoors: April-May
Sowing outdoors: May
Harvest: August-October
Plant spacing: 30cm
Specifications
- Reference
- HC-00410
- EAN
- 8713172004104
- Tags
- Brand
- Van Hemert & Co zaden
Other features
- English names
- Mexican Minicucumber, Cucamelon
- Botanic name
- Zehneria scabra, Melothria punctata - scabra
- Cultivar
- Cucamelon
- Category
- Annual
- Type
- Mini / snack
- Planting time
- April - May
- Flowering period
- August - October
- Height
- 100cm
- Color
- Green
- Contents
- ± 70 seeds
- Collection
- van Hemert & Co
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Mexican mini cucumber Zehneria scabra is a small decorative cucumber that looks like a melon, but the taste is unmistakably cucumber. It is also called cucamelon or mouse melon.
Strikingly fun in all kinds of dishes as a garnish, but also to make as gherkins. Easy to grow in a greenhouse or in a sheltered place in full sun. The plants automatically climb in mesh up to almost a meter high.