Sow Right Seeds - Cucamelon Seed for Planting Mexican Sour Gherkins | Plant rare non-GMO heirloom mouse melon for outdoor home vegetable garden. Grow unique veggie variety for outside gardening.

I've never grown Cucamelon before and wanted to give it a try. I read that they are one of the most nutritious items I could plant in my garden. I started them in leftover (recycled) takeout plastic containers with half eggshells and organic soil. It only took 5 days and they were coming up to say hello! Within 2 weeks I was able to transplant. I am now waiting on them to get a little bigger and start to vine, and may add another photo later. Every seed that I planted sprouted, so overall I would say the ones I received in the mail were a 100% germination.

They take a while to get going but after some patience and water they are growing like crazy on the vine. I can’t find these in New England so I’m glad I was able to buy the seeds and start growing!! Can’t wait to harvest !

Terrible germination rate. I planted the entire packet of seeds in my garden in the spring AND NOT ONE SEED germinated. The soil is very good quality - compost and very rich good soil but NOTHING HAPPENED. I do not recommend this. I did not bother to ask for a refund because I got busy and 30 days passed. I was excited about growing an usual plant that I have never seen before in any seed store.......it was a dud.

Tasty snacks! These things grow like crazy. My best suggestion is to train the vines up to waist high or higher then give them laterals. Otherwise, they get so thick and bushy you can’t find the fruits. At the end of the season, I let a few fruits fall to the ground and leave them to volunteer the next year! Zone 8b

Still waiting for a harvest. May be too delicate for zone 9b

I've purchased these twice, the first time I attempted to start them in pots and not one germinated. This year I planted them straight into the ground and had 100% success. I absolutely love munching on them while I work in the garden and it fills me with such delight to come inside with pockets full of them. I will be attempting to harvest seed for next year as well as letting some fruit fall and hoping they'll repopulate next year. I will say the seeds and seedlings need plenty of water to get going but after the second month I haven't watered them and they are booming.

Planted with a plan for 36 plants, so 2 seeds per cell even though they are very tiny. About 10 days later every single seed sprouted so I’ve actually got to weed some out and they are ready to transplant.

I have planted several of these and have not seen one germinate. I'm a new gardener so it could be me but everything else I've seeded is fine.