Melon Jerac F1 plants - Cucumis melo

<p style="text-align: justify"><strong> <a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/vegetable-gardens/vegetables-by-variety/melon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Melon</a> is a plant grown for its sweet and refreshing fruit.</strong> Of tropical or subtropical origin, <strong>it requires warmth and strong light</strong> to produce well-sweetened fruits, thus its cultivation is mainly suited to the warmest regions. <strong>Some varieties, with smaller fruits like the</strong> <strong>Petit gris de Rennes</strong>, can succeed in the north of the country. However, to help it ripen in these less favourable regions, it can be grown in a greenhouse, under a tunnel, or on woven fabric. <strong>Melon loves soils that are very rich</strong> in organic matter.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Melon has been domesticated for a long time by humans, and many species and varieties exist around the world. However, in France, we mainly know the melon <strong>'Charentais'</strong>, highly appreciated for its sugar content, texture, and aroma. Less known and cultivated, sweet melons, which are very high in sugar, such as the variety <strong>'Ananas d'Amérique à chair rouge'</strong>, produce smaller fruits than the Charentais, but are sweet and fragrant. Winter melons like <strong>'Vert Olive d'Hiver'</strong> have a softer, yet sweet flesh, and have the advantage of being able to be stored for a long time after harvest.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Sowing can begin as early as the end of March</strong> until summer, <strong>start your sowing under cover at the beginning of the season</strong> and then outdoors in buckets from May. As soon as the plants have three true leaves, you can transplant them into the ground. Depending on the varieties, <strong>pruning the plants</strong> <strong>may be necessary</strong> to concentrate the plant's energy on a few melons, thus producing larger and sweeter fruits. <strong>Four weeks are needed between the formation of the fruit and the time of harvesting.</strong> The advantage of growing melons is that you can let them ripen perfectly on the plant. They thus exude a sweet and pleasant fragrance, a sign that it is time to enjoy them.</p> [caption id="attachment_43605" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]<img class="size-full wp-image-43605" src="https://www.promessedefleurs.com/blogwp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/melons-charentais-brodes-hiver.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="400" /> Charentais melons and embroidered melons - winter melons[/caption]