HORTINOVA Inc.
HONEY DROPS F1 - Mini Melon
Cucumis melo
- Compact, vigorous plant ideal for pots, balconies, or garden beds
- Early maturity: about 18 weeks from transplant to harvest
- Heavy yields: 10–20 fruits per plant
- Small, round melons with ultra-thin, easy-to-peel skin
- Sweet, aromatic flavor with smooth texture
- Skin turns from green to honey-yellow when ripe
- Tolerant to common melon diseases like powdery mildew
- Attracts bees and bumblebees for good pollination
- Strong germination and fast early growth
- Plant spacing: ~25 × 25 cm or 2 plants in a 30 cm pot
- Start seeds indoors 3–4 weeks before the last expected frost.
- Sow one seed per plug or small pot (3–5 cm, 1.5–2″).
- Cover lightly with fine soil or vermiculite (2–3 mm).
- Maintain high humidity and cover until germination.
- Germination conditions: 23–25 °C (73–76 °F), no light required. Seeds typically sprout in 2–4 days.
- Soil: Use a well-drained sowing mix with EC 1.5 and pH 5.8–6.5.
- Early fertilization: Water seedlings with a mild solution (EC 0.5) of balanced NPK (15-10-15) plus trace elements.
THIN:
If multiple seeds sprout in a cell, snip extras at soil level, keeping the strongest seedling.
PLANT OUT:
- Timing: Transplant when seedlings have 1–2 true leaves and are well-rooted (8–14 days after sowing).
- Spacing: Indoors: 25 × 25 cm (10 × 10″). Containers: 2 plants per 30 cm (12″) pot.
- Soil: Fertile, well-drained, but moisture-retentive. Add 2–5% clay if available to stabilize nutrition and prevent excessive stretching.
EXPOSURE:
- Needs full sun (minimum 6–8 hours daily).
- Long summer days with strong light encourage earlier flowering.
TEMPERATURE:
- Ideal: 21–25 °C (70–77 °F) daytime, 18–20 °C (64–68 °F) nighttime.
- Critical: Growth is slowed below 15 °C (59 °F) and plants are highly frost-sensitive.
SUPPORT:
- Provide small stakes or strings; wind stems as they grow.
- Use 2–3 sticks around the central stem to balance fruit weight.
PRUNING:
- Do not remove side shoots – female flowers form there.
- Main stem carries male flowers; side shoots carry female (fruiting) flowers.
WATER:
- Keep soil evenly moist; avoid drying out.
- Water more frequently as fruits develop.
- Use moderate feeding solutions at EC 1–1.5.
FEED:
- Medium fertilizer demand.
- Too much nitrogen = large leaves but weaker fruit flavor.
- Balanced NPK with magnesium and potassium is best.
- Foliar sprays of magnesium sulphate (Epsom salt) or potassium sulphite can improve leaf color and strength.
PROTECT:
- Pollination: Bees and bumblebees greatly improve fruit set and fruit size.
- Disease: Tolerant to mildew, but not fully resistant. Good airflow and dry leaves help prevent problems.
- Frost: Never expose to frost – use fleece or cloches if nights are cool.
- Fruits ripen about 70–80 days after transplanting (varies by climate).
- Signs of ripeness: Skin changes from green to yellow. Fruit softens slightly and develops strong aroma.
- Size: 100–150 g per melon, with 10–20 fruits per plant.
- Harvest method: Cut fruits gently from the stem; avoid pulling to prevent vine damage.
Let customers speak for us
We grow several varieties of various colours of tomatoes, and the contrast of these tomatoes with other colours is fantastic. We've had a very long season with our plants, excellent disease resistance, great flavour.
This review applies to all of the seeds I purchased from Hortinova - beautiful tomatoes, good disease resistance and excellent production. Our field season extended to 10 weeks. We've had comments of excellent flavour from our customers as well, highly recommend any Hortinova seed.
This tomato is good taste tomato. Small red round tomato. Bigger then cherry tomatoes but smaller then regular one. I like it. Perfect for salads and fresh eating. Ordered seeds for next season.
2nd time ordering. Very satisfied with qualify and result. Thank you
BALCONY YELLOW F1 - Hybrid Cherry Tomato Seeds
Delivered very fast, packed very good, in professional condition and quality. Thanks
We will see what they are like this summer.
Type crimson de bonne grosseur avec une superbe uniformité et très hâtif. Un des premiers prêt en saison. Semences très petites et peu nombreuses. Goût très sucré et chaire croquante. Chair passant du rose au rouge en cours de saison. Les plants sont forts et très vigoureux avec des grosses feuilles.
Vigueur des plants impressionante avec des fruits résistants aux fissures et aux dommages. Très bonne conservartion et goût très sucré lorsque les nervures deviennent orange. Peu être récolté lorsque les nervures sont vertes également. Cavité des semences très compacte et petite laissant beaucoup de chair.
Melon qui fond en boûche avec un goût se rapprochant du melon miel et du cantaloup à la fois, très sucré. Faire attention aux irriguations lorsque le melon devient mature car il peut fendre au champs. Très odorant.
Avec son apparence côtellée, son très gros calibre et ça couleur rose, cette tomate se démarque des autres sur les tablettes. Variété plus résistante à la pourriture apicale que la plus part des autres tomates roses. Bon ensemble de résitance aux maladies également.
Tomate noire dont les faces qui ne sont pas exposé au soleil passent du vert au rouge lorsque mature donnant un aspect unique aux fruits. Charactéristiques similaires à la Barrio avec un goût superbe sans acide. Les clients l'on adoré.
Superbe adaptabilité et excellente résistance aux maladies. Fruits uniformes qui ne fendent pas, bonne conservation. Ajoutez à cela un goût unique avec une légère acidité et une pointe sucré.
