Retato Degli Ortolani
Variety
created by E T. at 04.03.2021
Propagating
Planting
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Melon 'Retato Degli Ortolani' is an early to medium ripe sugar melon variety originating from Italy. It produces almost round fruits weighing up to 2kg. The skin is green with a net pattern and turns to yellow-brown when ripe. Very sweet flesh, which smells deliciously of melon and has a bright orange color. In Italy, it is often eaten with Parma ham. The cantaloupe melon was probably cultivated in the area of today's Iran about 5000 years ago. From there, it spread throughout the Mediterranean region. In ancient Rome it was a popular fruit variety.
Non hybrid
Frostproof
Annual plant. Sow indoors from March, plantlets outdoors from mid-May after the icemen. Likes warm and sunny places. Planting distance: about 80 cm.
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Plant distance
50 cm
Row spacing
80 cm
Seeding depth
2 cm
Downy mildew
Ascochyta blight
Powdery mildews
Leaf bugs
Nematodes
Land snails
Leaf-miner flies
Thrips
Aphids
Spider mites
White fly