These are mini melons, small round and firm, not unlike me.
The kitchen window sill has worked it's magic again.
Starting to take form, it appears that the first pair of lobe like leaves are just there to gather light and energy and when there's enough the true leaves start to form
Since planting outside in the mini greenhouse in May the mouse melons have shown some good growth, the packet said fast growers so I planted them at the back, turns out their actually quite slow.
Now here was a surprise, the mouse melon plant, hidden behind the fast growing tomatillo has produced these two tiny flowers, so easy to miss but so cute!
Tucked away at the back of the mini greenhouse mouse melon makes a break for it
And hidden away from view a tiny melon begins to form.
Egg shaped inch-long green & white striped or mottled fruits resembling tiny watermelons. Fast-growing annual with lobed leaves from Mexico. Fruits have a tasty flavour and crunchy in texture, used in salads or stir fries and pickled in Mexico where they are known as Mexican Sour Gherkins.