Triton melon
Cucumis melo 'Triton'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Triton' melon (Cucumis melo 'Triton') is a climbing vegetable for a food garden, a cottage garden, and a border. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. Give it full sun and average to moist, loamy or clay soil. Flowers open from early to late summer and bring in butterflies and bees. The fruit is grown as a great-tasting Eastern shipper.
Pairs well with Royal Hybrid 1121 Sunflower sunflower, Celebrity Plus tomato, and Pesto Perpetuo basil.