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(Momordica charantia) Easy to grow, but a challenge to germinate. Soak seeds for 24 hours or until they swell up, or carefully remove the outer seed coat with a sharp, thin blade. Sow indoors for transplants or direct-seed outdoors, sowing about three quarters of an inch deep. Warm conditions, ample moisture, soil fertility, and full sun are needed for germination and growth. Once the seedlings appear, grow like cucumbers. Responds well to trellising to conserve space. Whitish-green, bumpy fruit turn a beautiful deep orange. When overripe they pop open. The seeds are covered in a good amount of bright-red gell that tastes like cherry candy. AKA Balsam pear, it has been used medicinally for hundreds of years. A delicious vegetable used in many Asian dishes. 20 seeds per packet.
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Chinese Long White
Beautiful, long, white fruit are mild and tasty, a must for stir-fry. Early producing plants are disease resistant and vigorous. Americans miss out by not growing these delicious, medicinal and ornamental plants. The bumpy white fruit are great for decorations, too!
Item Code: BM106
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Delica Thorn
This light green variety produces fruit that have large thornlike projections. Very ornamental looking. The fruit grows to 8" and is of high quality. An early and disease resistant variety from China.
Item Code: BM105
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Green Skin
Produces nice-sized, 8" green-skinned fruit; attractive plants yield well.
Item Code: BM108
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Indian Long Green
This bitter melon from India produces, very thorny looking, deep green fruit that grow to 11" long, the vines yield profusely over a very long season. This type is very popular in Indian cuisine.
Item Code: BM107
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Siamese Bitter Cucumber
Small 2" fruit are bumpy, wrinkled and really bitter. Tasty if prepared properly. Popular in Thailand, these are a lot smaller than regular bitter melons. Collected in Thailand, rare in the USA.
Item Code: BM102
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Thai Long Bitter Melon
70 days. Tasty, mildly bitter fruit gives delicious flavor to stir-fries and Oriental dishes. Large fruit are light green in color and have a mildly bitter taste. The fruit can grow to 15" long. The vines are highly productive. Very ornamental and fun to grow. A great variety for Asian markets.
Item Code: BM103
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