Plant Habit: | Vine |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Plant Height: | 12 to 15 feet |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
Fruiting Time: | Fall Late fall or early winter |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Yellow |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Medicinal Herb Vegetable |
Edible Parts: | Leaves Fruit |
Eating Methods: | Tea Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
piksihk | On July 10, 2021 | Harvested Cousin Lai - white bitter melon seeds |
piksihk | On September 13, 2020 | Fruit Ripened (Chinese) |
piksihk | On July 23, 2018 | Fruit Ripened seeds self-sowed from last year; mom's harvested two over riped melons |
piksihk | On October 24, 2017 | Fruit Ripened |
piksihk | On April 26, 2017 | Transplanted HW garden |
piksihk | On March 11, 2017 | Seeds sown Unknown variety- |
piksihk | On March 19, 2015 | Seeds sown |
antsinmypants | On March 26, 2024 | Seeds sown Into coir on heat under lights. (5) |
antsinmypants | On March 26, 2024 | Seeds germinated |
antsinmypants | On March 24, 2024 | Miscellaneous Event Presoaked 24 hours then placed in moist paper towel in jar on heat set at 78-82 F under lights. |
antsinmypants | On May 16, 2023 | Seeds sown 2 c of 3 |
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Bitter veggie, but very healthy to eat, if you can by tarev | Feb 7, 2015 9:35 PM | 1 |