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- How to Plant a Bitter Melon - Tips and Tricks
- The right place for the bitter melon
- How should I care for my bitter melon?
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips
The bitter melons are harvested immature
How to Plant a Bitter Melon - Tips and Tricks
Known under different names, Momordica charantia or Bitter Melon is a tropical vegetable from the cucurbit family. In Asia, it is a popular remedy for various ailments. The unripe fruits are processed into delicious vegetable dishes.
In Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean, the bitter cucumber, also known as bitter cucumber or balsam pear, is cultivated as a crop, whereas in the southeast of the United States it is almost considered a weed.
The right place for the bitter melon
In her tropical homeland, bitter melon grows in warm, humid places, which you probably can not offer her. Therefore, an outdoor cultivation in this country is difficult. Most likely, he succeeds in a mild area. In the greenhouse, the bitter melon thrives quite well. The soil should be able to hold the required moisture well.
Like all cucurbits, the bitter melon forms long tendrils and has a correspondingly large space requirement. You can also pull the plant very decorative on trellises, similar to snake cucumbers. Pulled as a container plant is a trellis aid for the bitter melon essential.
How should I care for my bitter melon?
The bitter melon is not considered to be hardy, so it does not belong in the field before the icy saints. If you have bought seeds, then you should prefer them in a warm apartment or in a heated greenhouse.
Pour the bitter melon regularly, it needs a lot of moisture, but the floor should not be too wet. About once a week give the fast-growing plant a little bit of fertilizer. Well suited is special fertilizer for vegetables or well rotted compost. The fruits are still harvested immature.
The essentials in brief:
Tips
As an outdoor plant, the bitter melon is only partially suitable. In a mild area you can try the cultivation, otherwise it is recommended to grow in the greenhouse.