Melon "Prima"
Melon "Prima".
Amazingly sweet, it can compete with Central Asian melons!
A popular, exceptionally productive variety. The fruits are elongated, yellow, with orange spots or stripes, weighing 2.5-6 kg.
The pulp is white, aromatic, oily, sweet, tender and very juicy, 4-6 cm thick.
The value of the variety: excellent keeping quality, superb taste, texture and aroma, as well as resistance to a range of diseases and good transportability.
Recommended for direct consumption, making jam, preserves, and candied fruits.
Agricultural technology.
Sowing for seedlings – at the end of April.
Planting of seedlings in late May – early June at the age of 30-35 days.
Planting pattern: 40-50 x 80-100 cm (in southern regions, grown spread out in open ground by direct sowing in April-May).
The plants are tied to a trellis, all lateral shoots are removed up to a height of 50 cm, the subsequent ones are pinched above 1-3 leaves.
To ensure that the fruits accumulate sugar, watering is reduced during the fruiting period.
Amazingly sweet, it can compete with Central Asian melons!
A popular, exceptionally productive variety. The fruits are elongated, yellow, with orange spots or stripes, weighing 2.5-6 kg.
The pulp is white, aromatic, oily, sweet, tender and very juicy, 4-6 cm thick.
The value of the variety: excellent keeping quality, superb taste, texture and aroma, as well as resistance to a range of diseases and good transportability.
Recommended for direct consumption, making jam, preserves, and candied fruits.
Agricultural technology.
Sowing for seedlings – at the end of April.
Planting of seedlings in late May – early June at the age of 30-35 days.
Planting pattern: 40-50 x 80-100 cm (in southern regions, grown spread out in open ground by direct sowing in April-May).
The plants are tied to a trellis, all lateral shoots are removed up to a height of 50 cm, the subsequent ones are pinched above 1-3 leaves.
To ensure that the fruits accumulate sugar, watering is reduced during the fruiting period.
Bot. syn.: Melo sativus.

