Sugar Cube melon
Cucumis melo 'Sugar Cube (F1)'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 10 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Orange, yellow, cream
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sugar Cube' melon (Cucumis melo 'Sugar Cube') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens, containers, and cottage gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy or clay soil. Orange, yellow, and cream flowers open from early to late summer and draw bees and butterflies. Fruit is ready in 80 days.
Pairs well with Persian basil, Black Beauty Tomato tomato, and Dukat dill.