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In stockCucumis melo
Melon Charentais
£1.95per packet
Buy 2, get a 3rd free
Charentais is one of the easier varieties to grow and perfect for the novice gardener producing very early fruits weighing approximately 1kg. It has a fragrant, thick, extremely sweet and juicy, deep orange flesh. Best grown in the greenhouse in the UK but also particularly suitable for cloche culture.
- Family
- MELON
- Packet content
- 15 seeds
- Light level
- Full Sun
- Growth habit
- Annual
- Hardiness rating
- H2
- Pollinator-friendly
- Yes
- Moisture
- Free draining
- Region of origin
- Mediterranean or Canary Islands
- Colour
- Orange
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