Organic Petit Gris de Rennes Melon (Cucumis melo)

A Charentais-style melon with incredible taste and fragrance. Petit Gris di Rennes is juicy and sweet with a unique brown sugar-like flavor. Rind is slightly grey until maturity when it lightens; flesh is deep orange. Expect 3-4, 2-pound melons per vine. Grows well in cooler regions.

• 25 seeds minimum
• Germination: 4-10 days
• Maturity: 85-90 days
• Direct sow deep in full sun after last frost or start indoors and 3-4 weeks prior to past frost. Harden off seedlings before planting.
• Plant in hills of 6-8 seeds; thin to 3-4 plants. Hills should be 6 apart in all directions, or plant in rows and thin to 8-12 between plants in rows 6-8 apart.