Melon ‘Honeydew Green Flesh’ (Cucumis melo)
A classic summer heirloom featuring a smooth, ivory-green rind and incredibly sweet, lime-green flesh. This heat-tolerant variety produces heavy, succulent fruits with a signature honey-like aroma. Perfect for refreshing summer snacks and long-term storage after harvest.
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Intense Natural Sweetness: High sugar content with a delicate, honey-like finish.
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Thick, Juicy Flesh: Small seed core means more edible fruit per melon.
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Heat Loving: A robust variety that performs exceptionally well in warm Australian summers.
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Excellent Keeper: Unlike cantaloupe, Honeydews have a firm rind that allows them to be stored in a cool spot for several weeks after harvest.
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Versatile in the Kitchen: Beautiful fresh, balled into salads, or blended into refreshing summer granitas and sorbets.
Growing Information (Australia):
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Scientific Name: Cucumis melo 'Green Flesh'
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Sowing Season: Spring and early Summer (Once soil temperature is consistently above 20°C).
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Position: Full sun; requires plenty of room to sprawl or a very sturdy trellis.
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Sowing Depth: 1cm–2cm deep. (Sow 2–3 seeds per hill and thin to the strongest seedling).
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Spacing: 90cm–120cm apart.
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Germination: 6–10 days.
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Harvest: 80–100 days from sowing.
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Gardener’s Tip: For the sweetest fruit, reduce watering slightly as the melons reach full size to concentrate the sugars. A Honeydew is ripe when the skin turns from a pale green to a creamy white/yellowish hue and the blossom end feels slightly soft to thumb pressure. Unlike other melons, they do not "slip" from the vine easily when ripe, so harvest with a sharp knife.
15 seeds
open pollinated and grown in the Huon Valley.
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