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Cucumis metuliferus
Stock: Available
SKU Code: V 320-5g
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Characteristics: Annual creeping vine
Seed per packet: 25
Seed per gram: 68
An orange spiky cucumber with a subtle banana and passionfruit flavour.
African horned cucumber is a traditional food plant indigenous to Southern and Central Africa that can be eaten young, mature green or when yellow ripe. can be eaten fresh, made into juice, or used in a fruit salad.
The fruit's seeds are covered in a gelatine-like substance with a slight sweetness. Boiling it until soft the fruit can be made into a jelly by straining it and again boiling the fruit pulp with a cup of sugar for each cup of water.
A long keeper it is believed to have arrived in Australia with Boer War soldiers it is also known as Kiwano or Jelly Melon.
Grow notes:
Adaptable to most good garden soils that are well-drained in a sunny position; provide adequate food and water.
Tropical: Spring & Autumn
Temperate: Spring & Summer.
Cool climate: Late Spring & Summer
Sow: 1cm deep
Best sown direct in a sunny well-drained position 3-4 seeds in a mound. Thin to the strongest two plants in each mound.
Plant space: 30cm
Row Space: 100 cm
Germination: 6-10 days
Maturity: 6-8 weeks
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