Benefit:

Decorative fruits

Characteristics:

This climbing or ground-covering plant produces countless fruits with unusual shapes and colours ranging from orange to white. The coloquintes require regular watering. These fruits are not edible.

Height: 3m

Soil tip:

They appreciate all well-drained soils.

Deco ideas:

The fruits, once dried, keep for a very long time and are widely used in interior decoration.

The stages of sowing:

Sow in April-May 4-5 seeds in small shallow holes 60 cm apart.

When your plants have 3-4 leaves, keep only the most vigorous in each hole and pull out the others.