What is a tree melon?
The common name "tree melon" is used to indicate several different fruits of plants from South America. Unlike real melons, these fruits are not produced on a large vine, but are tasty with sweet juicy those, like real melons. Sometimes people can find trees melons in food store, especially if their food stores tropical fruit. Gardeners in tropical climate can grow tree melons from seeds or cuttings or can choose whether to buy seedlings for cultivation from kindergarten. Papáje grow in clusters on high trunks spilled with palmate. The fruit is yellow to orange in color, with a cluster of dark black seeds that easily hatch under warm conditions. Pepinos, solanum muricatum , are also sometimes called trees melons, although they actually grow on permanent bushes, not on trees. These fruits are small with distinctive purple stripes and yeline to creamy meat.
The tree watermelon can be used in recipes in different waysy. Like the growing of vine growing, these fruit can be eaten from the hand or add to fruit salads for further taste. They can also be mixed into jams, unfortunately and preservation, are used as a basis for virgin cotta and other fruit desserts and are used in spicy dishes such as roast. These melon -like fruit can also be used in smoothies and other fruit drinks and are also suitable for use as ornaments.
When choosing a tree melon in a shop, people should look for fruits with spotless bark, no signs of soft spots or irregular color and weight that feels hard for the size of the fruit, suggesting happy. If the fruit is not perfectly ripe, they can be placed in a brown paper bag with a banana and should ripen within a few days. If a recipe for tree melon and alternatives may include fresh mango, cherimoya and regular melons, depending on reCept.
People living in USDA zones nine to 11 can grow trees in their gardens. They need a well -exhausted, fertile soil and a sunny and warm place in the garden. Papáje and Pepinos grow quickly and can bear fruit within six to nine months after planting. Gardeners should be aware that the papaya must be planted by at least one male tree to pollinate and bears fruit.