Sold outTiny trellis cropCucumber crunch in a grape-sized melon← Back to all plantsWhy We Grow It
Melothria scabra · Mexican mouse melon
Cucamelon
Staple crops · Rare fruit · Hidden harvests
A fine trellis vine covered in striped, bite-sized fruit that look like miniature watermelons and eat more like tart, crisp cucumbers.
- Useful part
- Young whole fruit, fresh or pickled
- Climate
- Warm-season annual in North Alabama
- Hardy to
- Frost-tender annual · protect from 32°F / 0°C
- Light
- Full sun with a light trellis
- Ships as
- 20 seeds
We grow it for a high-value snack and pickle crop that makes small trellises unusually productive.
Grow with contextCucamelons are neither true cucumbers nor tiny watermelons. Harvest while firm and young; older fruit becomes increasingly seedy and tart.
Spring seed releaseCurrently sold out
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