🍉🌱 How to Grow Cucamelons – A Mini Melon Adventure for Kids! 

Cucamelons are tiny fruits that look like baby watermelons but taste like zippy little cucumbers. You can grow them up a wigwam, in a pot, or even make a melon cave! Let’s go! 🚀

🧺 What You’ll Need:

• Cucamelon seeds (look online or at a garden centre)

• Small pots or seed trays

• Compost or seed soil

• Bigger pots or garden space for planting later

• Bamboo canes or string for climbing

• Watering can or spray

• A sunny, warm spot (greenhouse or warm windowsill to start)

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📅 When to Sow

• Indoors: Late March to April (they love warmth!)

• Plant outside: Late May to June, after all frost is gone

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🌱 Planting Time!

🏠 Step 1: Start Indoors (like a baby plant nursery)

1. Fill a small pot with compost.

2. Make a little hole about 1cm deep.

3. Drop in one cucamelon seed, cover with soil, and water gently.

4. Put the pot somewhere warm and sunny (like a sunny windowsill).

5. Keep the soil slightly damp, not soggy.

🎉 Seeds take about 1–3 weeks to sprout — be patient!

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🌞 Moving Outside

🪴 When the seedlings are about 10cm tall and it's warm outside (late May–June):

1. Choose a sunny, sheltered spot.

2. Plant them in big pots or in the garden.

3. Give them canes or string to climb — cucamelons love to climb like mini jungle explorers! 🧗

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🌿 How to Look After Your Cucamelons

💧 Water

• Water often, especially in hot weather — they’re thirsty little guys!

☀️ Sunlight

• They LOVE sunshine – give them the sunniest spot in the garden or balcony.

🧑‍🌾 Feeding

• Use plant food (like tomato feed) every couple of weeks when flowers appear.

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🍉 When Will You Get Fruit?

• July to September, you'll see tiny fruits growing like mini watermelons!

• Pick them when they’re the size of a grape – they taste like crunchy cucumbers with a zing!

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🥗 How to Eat Them!

• Eat straight off the plant 🍽️

• Add to lunchboxes

• Pop in salads or pickle in jars for fun snacks!

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🤩 Fun Ideas

• 🏕️ Cucamelon Teepee: Grow them up sticks to make a leafy fort!

• 📷 Photo Diary: Take a picture of your plant every week.

• 🎨 Melon Markers: Make your own plant label with a mini watermelon drawing!

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💡 Top Tips

• Cucamelons don’t like the cold – always start them inside!

• Be gentle with the roots when transplanting.

• Save a few seeds from ripe fruits for next year’s adventure!