An excellent, healthy melon for home gardeners, fruits are medium-sized and almost round, deep orange flesh is thick and very sweet, juicy, and fragrant, early ripening, vines are vigorous and very productive, blight resistant, ‘Hearts of Gold’ cantaloupe is doing very well in our gardens in Kabwe, but it needs a weekly organic insect spray, Full sun, average water, well-draining soil, rich in organic matter, mulch with a thick layer of straw to provide a clean surface for the fruits to form and rest on.
50 seeds
16 weeks to Harvest. Juicy, golden-orange fruits in ‘paper lanterns’ aromatic, sweet-yet-tangy flavour, tropical taste, eat fresh as a snack or use in salads, sauces and jams, pies and tarts, contains impressive amounts of nutrients, Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, C, E, K, Iron and Phosphorous.
Seeds will germinate in 7 to 21 days. Annual shrub, this variety of the Roselle plant features dark green, lanceolate leaves with serrated margins, which are distinct from the plant’s other common leaf type, the calyx is eaten raw or cooked,used in salads, jellies, jams, pickles, juices, syrups, puddings, cakes, ice cream, gives a red colour and flavour to herb teas, rich in pectin and citric acid, many medicinal properties, Rosella hemp, which is extracted from the stems, is a strong fiber that is used for making sacks, twine and cords. Full sun, well-drained humus rich fertile soil, deep root system makes this plant quite drought tolerant
50 seeds
Vines will flower 3 to 4 years after planting. The vigorous vines, need a sturdy support system, plants are either male or female. These are hardy Kiwi rootstock, for better yields, graft with a low-chill cultivar for best yields.
Vigorous vining plants loaded with miniature fruits, looks like a miniature striped watermelon, flavour, crunch and aroma like a cucumber with a twist of lemon, perfect for snacking raw, one-by-one like grapes, can be sliced up in salads, pickled whole or in chutney or salsa, good source of vitamins and minerals, rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants
Dwarf papaya trees are compact, fast-growing, perfect for small gardens, despite the smaller tree size, it produces sweet, medium to large size, flavorful papayas in abundance
70 to 80 days to Harvest. Purple skin, delicious, juicy, very aromatic fruit, seeded pulp-filled centre, striking flowers, vines are fast growing and vigorous, need a sturdy trellis structure, richer aroma and flavour than the yellow variety.
Tomatillos are grown much like tomatoes, fruits are popular in salsas, roasted, fried, pickled, and in many other Mexican recipes, also eaten fresh, purple is much sweeter than the green varieties. A healthy tomatillo plant can yield 5 to 8 kg of fruit, less susceptible to pests than tomatoes
