Melon - Tuscan Retato Degli Ortolani Melon, Organic, Italian Hierloom

The Retato Degli Ortolani Melon is a favorite for us and many of our Firefly customers.  It is so easy to grow and doe swell in a wide range of climates.

Renee's Garden - Heirloom Tuscan melons whose wonderful perfume adds to their meltingly sweet flavor. Deeply lobed, orange-fleshed fruits on very productive vines. 

Characteristics: 

• Organic 
• Deeply-lobed 
• Orange-fleshed melons 
• Sweet flavor 
• Perfumed aroma 
• 85 days 
• 47 seeds

Instructions - Melons need full sun, rich soil, and warm temperatures. Plant only when weather is warm and settled and temperatures stay above 50° (10°C). In rows 4 feet apart, sow groups of 2 to 3 seeds every 2 feet. After germination, thin to the strongest seedling per group, so you end up with one plant every 2 feet. Or make slightly mounded hills, 2 feet in diameter and 5 feet apart, sowing 5 or 6 seeds in each hill. Thin to 3 strongest plants.

Plant In: April - June

Full Sun 

Plant rows 2 feet apart 

Plant 1" deep

7-10 days to germinate 

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