Download Cucamelon Plant Background. The cucamelon plant makes for a fun little conversation piece in your backyard. Start them indoors and then give the plants a sunny spot in the garden.
It's best to plant them in the spring so they can germinate in plenty of time to enjoy the hot summer sun. Once the plants are in the garden, they're pretty low maintenance. Cucamelons are classed as light to medium feeders, and they don't require supplemental fertilizer.
They are full of vitamins and minerals, antioxidants and fiber, and are also low in calories.
The cucamelon plant makes for a fun little conversation piece in your backyard. Melothria scabra aka mexican mini watermelon, mouse melon, mexican sour gherkin, mexican sour cucumber, cucamelon. The cucumber variety with bags of personality! Sow seeds indoors in mid to late spring.