Hi greenjude, thanks for the comment about the planters How many plants do you usually grow? I've seeded 20 expecting some non germinators and straggly ones. Do they need full sun or a little shade? I get so excited about things I haven't tried before haha
If I want a cucumber I'll grow a cucumber and if I want a melon I'll grow a melon.
In most instances, multi-function devices don't do any of the jobs as well as a device created for a specific purpose. My suspicion is that it will be no different with fruit, or is it a veg....
I find 2 plants plenty for me, with some to spare. They keep for several weeks at the end ofthe season too. Here's a link to a video I just found. He grows them in the greenhouse but I grow them among the veg outside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLsAprBmqw
I suspect they need good light but not necessarily all-day sun. As they naturally scramble through other plants they must be used to some shade.
Hi KT
They aren't melons or cucumbers, that's just a descriptive name for them.
Thanks Greenjude for that link, so informative. I had no idea they were perennial. I'm thinking now I will stand 3 or 4 pots near my runner beans and let them happily scramble through them. It will save me a bit of space too
Sophie - I got Suttons 'Pompei' pepper seeds - they're in their 'Easy Grow' range, so hoping that will help! Running out of room, so only planted 4, will let you know how I get on!
That's a good idea Sophie. I'll do that with my beans too. I didn't know they're perennial either. It's a question of juggling the space over winter. Is it worth it for earlier cropping? I have so many half-hardy plants that I spend the winter stepping over and round them, along with my regular houseplants. Maybe one plant would be ok and sow seeds for later crops. It's a species (Melothria scabra) so we could save seed.
Greenjude, I was thinking of saving one from this years ready for next year and seeing what difference it mAkes compared to sowing fresh. Space is always the problem though isn't it.
Sparkles, I had the beginners sweet peppers but I think maybe I overwatered at times and neglected at others. I will maybe get a plant later in the season and try again but I won't grow from seed this year
Yeah I was going to put them up a bit of trellis but that meant less cucumbers but if they will grow happily amongst my beans then that's great. More space for everything else
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Cucamelon!?!?
If I want a cucumber I'll grow a cucumber and if I want a melon I'll grow a melon.
In most instances, multi-function devices don't do any of the jobs as well as a device created for a specific purpose. My suspicion is that it will be no different with fruit, or is it a veg....
Hi Sophie
I find 2 plants plenty for me, with some to spare. They keep for several weeks at the end ofthe season too. Here's a link to a video I just found. He grows them in the greenhouse but I grow them among the veg outside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLsAprBmqw
I suspect they need good light but not necessarily all-day sun. As they naturally scramble through other plants they must be used to some shade.
Hi KT
They aren't melons or cucumbers, that's just a descriptive name for them.
Sophie - I got Suttons 'Pompei' pepper seeds - they're in their 'Easy Grow' range, so hoping that will help! Running out of room, so only planted 4, will let you know how I get on!
That's a good idea Sophie. I'll do that with my beans too. I didn't know they're perennial either. It's a question of juggling the space over winter. Is it worth it for earlier cropping? I have so many half-hardy plants that I spend the winter stepping over and round them, along with my regular houseplants. Maybe one plant would be ok and sow seeds for later crops. It's a species (Melothria scabra) so we could save seed.
Sparkles, I had the beginners sweet peppers but I think maybe I overwatered at times and neglected at others. I will maybe get a plant later in the season and try again but I won't grow from seed this year