Melon 'Bateekh Samara'
Melon 'Bateekh Samara' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Bateekh Samara' is an ancient melon from Iraq having been grown for over a thousand years. It has a unique, sweet, refreshing lime and cucumber flavour. The oblong fruit is greenish grey and slightly netted outside, and pale green within. It is ripe when the fruit starts to turn yellow and slips cleanly from the vine stem. Plants are very productive with 6 - 10 melons per vine. Days to harvest: 90 - 95 days.
Product: Melon 'Bateekh Samara'
Product type: SEED (25)
Botanical name: Cucumis melo
Bateekh Samara' is an ancient melon from Iraq having been grown for over a 1000 years. It has a unique, sweet, refreshing lime and cucumber flavour. The oblong fruit is greenish grey and slightly netted outside, and pale green within. It is ripe when the fruit starts to turn yellow and slips cleanly from the vine stem. Plants are very productive with 6 -10 melons per vine. It can be grown vertically where space is limited but support the fruit with onion bags. Melons require a long, hot growing season.
Plant type: Warm season annual vine
Plant height: 45 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 23 - 35°C
Temperate: Oct - Nov, after all danger of frost
Subtropical: Sept - Nov after all danger of frost
Tropical: April - July
Germination: 4 - 10 days
Depth: 10 - 20 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Directly where it is to grow or start early in individual seedling pots
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained, pH 6 - 6.5
Rows: 1.5 m apart
Details: Pinch out the growth tip to encourage branching
Harvest: 90 - 95 days: harvest when the melon begins to yellow and slips easily from the stem
25 seeds per packet
Cucumis melo
Warm season annual vine
Melon 'Bateekh Samara'
Bateekh Samara' is an ancient melon from Iraq having been grown for over a thousand years. It has a unique, sweet, refreshing lime and cucumber flavour. The oblong fruit is greenish grey and slightly netted outside, and pale green within. It is ripe when the fruit starts to turn yellow and slips cleanly from the vine stem. Plants are very productive with 6 - 10 melons per vine. Days to harvest: 90 - 95 days.