Cucamelon
Melothria scabra
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors early March to early April, plant out early May to late May, and harvest mid-July to late October.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- early March to early April
- Plant out
- early May to late May
- Harvest
- mid-July to late October
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 25 cm apart, rows 90 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Ready in
- 60 to 75 days from planting out
- Grows to
- 2.5 m
- Hardiness
- Tender: killed by any frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Crops for
- About 10 weeks
Growing tip
Give it netting or strings to climb. Lift the swollen roots in autumn and store them frost-free, like dahlias, for an earlier crop.
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Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For cucamelon, we used:
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