Description

25 Seeds per pack

(Cucumis melo) 80-100 days.       This heirloom from the 1800’sproduces long banana shaped melons 16″-24″ long by 4″ diameter. They weigh in around 5-8 lbs each and have sweet spicy flesh.

Planting Instructions for Banana Cantaloupe Seeds

Banana cantaloupe are heat loving plants that prefer well drained loose soil and an even amount of water. Plant cantaloupe in rows or hills but make sure the soil is well warmed. In the North it helps to start seeds indoors 2-3 weeks. before last frost. Plant cantaloupe seeds ½” deep in full sun. For rows plant 3-4″ apart, in rows 6-10′ apart. For hills plant 4-6 seeds per hill, with hills 2-3′ apart. Germination occurs in 3-10 days in soil 70-85°F. In hills thin to 2 cantaloupe plants per hill. Harvest when fruit easily slips from the vine, or smells very sweet and fragrant at the blossom end. Heirloom Banana does not slip from the vine, the melon must be cut from the vine.