Please make sure JavaScript is enabled.

Before You Leave…

Download the GardenTags App today and join 100,000+ gardeners getting FREE plant identification, garden management and more!

no thanks

 
Cantaloupe Melon Charentais in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Cucumis Melo var. Cantalupensis 'Charentais'

 

Cantaloupe Melon 'Charentais'

There are numerous types of melon with many differing varieties of each. They are climbing types and low growing or ground types all require similar husbandry. The ground types tend to be the larger fruits. The climbing varieties need strong trellises for support and the fruit requires netting i.e. fruit hung in net bags tied to the trellis for support of their considerable weight. 'Cantaloupe' melons have orange or green grooved skins and orangey-coloured flesh. 'Charentais' is a cantaloupe type melon, with similar flesh to a cantaloupe, but slightly more fragrant.

Contributed by @samanthalander

 
plant Features
  • Cantaloupe Melon Charentais likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Cantaloupe Melon Charentais likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Cantaloupe Melon Charentais is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Cantaloupe Melon Charentais likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Cantaloupe Melon 'Charentais'

Latin name

Cucumis Melo var. Cantalupensis 'Charentais'

type

Fruiting Plant

family

Cucurbitaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Cantaloupe Melon Charentais likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Cantaloupe Melon Charentais is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Cantaloupe Melon Charentais likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

  • Water

    Cantaloupe Melon Charentais likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

  •  
    Best time to plant
  •  
    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Cantaloupe Melon Charentais is 1.00meters x 1.90meters 1.00 M 1.90 M

Cucumis Melo var. Cantalupensis 'Charentais'

There are numerous types of melon with many differing varieties of each. They are climbing types and low growing or ground types all require similar husbandry. The ground types tend to be the larger fruits. The climbing varieties need strong trellises for support and the fruit requires netting i.e. fruit hung in net bags tied to the trellis for support of their considerable weight. 'Cantaloupe' melons have orange or green grooved skins and orangey-coloured flesh. 'Charentais' is a cantaloupe type melon, with similar flesh to a cantaloupe, but slightly more fragrant.


Propagation by seed

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Sow seed in greenhouse in Spring for planting out under glass in early Summer. Sow seeds on edge in good seed compost, individually in pots.

 

Planting outdoors

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Plant container grown plants outdoors in late spring or when all risk of frost has passed.

 
Subscribe to GardenTags Premium to get personalised planting tasks and more for your entire plant collection
 
Gardeners who are growing this plant