Pepino Consuelo, seeds Gavrish Author 5pcs

Perennial rare vegetable crop for protected ground. Stems are purple, rather thin, flexible, up to 2 m long. Leaves are simple, lanceolate, dark green, with slight pubescence. The fruit is egg-shaped, light cream or lemon-yellow in color, with intense lilac stripes, weighing up to 1300 g. The pulp is juicy, sweet and sour, honey-yellow in color with the taste of exotic fruits and the aroma of melon. Contains retinol (vitamin A) and ascorbic acid (vitamin C), which is no less than citrus fruits. The fruits are used fresh or for making jam. The seeds are germinated at a temperature of 28-30 ° C on a damp surface in a transparent container with a lid, preferably with additional lighting. The optimal sowing time is late November – early December, planting in greenhouses – as early as possible, subject to frost protection (optimally – from the end of February to the beginning of May, since from mid-May to mid-August the fruits are almost not set due to the long daylight hours). Plants form in 1-2 stems, the cultivation technique of seedlings is close to eggplant, and after planting in a permanent place – to tomato. At the end of summer, pepino is transplanted into a pot and transferred to a warm, bright place.