Melon 'Honey Rock'
Melon 'Honey Rock' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Honey Rock' is an heirloom melon introduced in 1925 that is an excellent choice for the home garden. It is a heavy producer with 5 to 7 melons per vine. The fruit has an exceptional sweet flavour with salmon-orange juicy flesh. The fruit weigh between 1.3 and 1.8 kg. Days to harvest: 85; harvest when the melon slips easily from the stem.
Product: Melon 'Honey Rock'
Product type: SEED (25)
Botanical name: Cucumis melo
Syn.: Syn. 'Sugar Rock'
Syn. 'Sugar Rock'. 'Honey Rock' is an heirloom melon introduced in 1925 that is an excellent choice for the home garden. It is a heavy producer with 5-7 melons per vine. The fruit has an exceptional sweet flavour with salmon-orange juicy flesh. The fruit weigh between 1.3 and 1.8kg. 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; when fruit forms pinch back the vine to 2 leaves beyond the fruit
Harvest: 85 days: harvest when the melon slips easily from the stem
25 seeds per packet
Cucumis melo
Syn. 'Sugar Rock'
Warm season annual vine
Melon 'Honey Rock'
Honey Rock' is an heirloom melon introduced in 1925 that is an excellent choice for the home garden. It is a heavy producer with 5 to 7 melons per vine. The fruit has an exceptional sweet flavour with salmon-orange juicy flesh. The fruit weigh between 1.3 and 1.8 kg. Days to harvest: 85; harvest when the melon slips easily from the stem.