Cantaloupe, Hale's Best Jumbo Seeds Online Edition

Name: Cantaloupe, Hale's Best Jumbo Seeds Online Edition
SKU: 7162
Price: 4.99 USD
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Cucumis melo

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Cantaloupe, Hale's Best Jumbo Seeds Online Edition

Cucumis melo

$4.99

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Product Information

Hales Best Jumbo Cantaloupe is an early producer famous for years in home gardens!

Grows to about six and a half inches in diameter, this melon has thick, sweet, salmon-orange flesh with a rich, aromatic flavor. It's also high in vitamins A, B, and C. When harvested fully ripe, Hales Best Jumbo Cantaloupe is packed with essential nutrients and vitamins, making it an ideal way to help meet your daily nutritional needs.

Sku: 7162

Common Name: Cantaloupe

Botanical Name: Cucumis melo

Growing Information

Safe
for Bees

Grows
Best In:

Full Sun

Days to
Germination:

7 - 10 Days

Days to
Maturity:

80 - 85 Days

Growing Height:

72 - 108"

Water
Needs:

Average (1 - 2 in / week)

Plant
Lifecycle:

Annual

Plant Type:

Fruit

Harvest/Bloom
Season:

Spring|Summer

Growing
Season:

Summer

Key Features

Characteristics: Attracts bees and pollinators

Color: Orange

Fill Weight (grams): 3.5 g

Approximate Seed Count: 115 - 125

Flavor: Sweet, rich.

Preparation Ideas: Make a cold soup for hot summer days by pureeing the melon, adding juice from 1 lime and a bit of salt.

Landscape Use: Edible Garden

Growth Type: Vining

Instructions

Sow a few seeds evenly spaced in hills, 8 inches high and 12 inches across. Young vines should have a fence, trellis, or heavy cord on which to climb. When young vines are about 8 inches, thin to 3 plants per hill. Does not transplant well.

Planting Depth: 0.5"

Seed Spacing: Sow Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe seeds roughly 4' apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 4' apart.

Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.

Suggestions

Cantaloupe is ready to harvest when it's golden-beige, it has a distinct aroma, and it slips easily from the vine.

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