Edible & Fruit

Melon

With fragrant fruit of sweet orange flesh, the Melon is one of the most anticipated pleasures of Mediterranean summers.

Care Profile

A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.

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Moderate

Native to Africa, the Melon spread throughout the Mediterranean basin in antiquity and has held a place of honour in Tunisian gardens ever since.

Demanding of heat and sun, it trails along the ground producing fruit whose ripe fragrance can be caught several paces away.

"The Melon announces its ripeness by scent before it is ever picked."

Heat and sun

Give it the warmest spot in the garden: without enough heat the fruit stays bland.

Controlled watering

Water regularly during growth, then cut back sharply ten days before harvest to concentrate the sugars.

Limit the fruit

Keep only four to six fruit per plant for larger and markedly sweeter melons.

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Origin

Mediterranean

Light

Full sun

Watering

Weekly

Care