Description
Lemon Drop’s numerous lemon-yellow ribbed oval fruit grow on generous plants and boast a pleasing acidity. The flowers’ scent is reminiscent of lemons. High yielding even later on in the season. Ripening begins mid-season. Average growth habit with succulent, bright green plants.
Location requirements
Moderate requirements for fertilization and watering, sunny and airy and protected from direct rain.
Sowing
From mid-February. The aim is to plant flowering and frost-free. Sowing depth 0.2 – 0.5 cm.
Germination
18 – 24 °C, 10 – 14 days.
Plantation
After the first leaf has formed, prick out and pot up. The plant should be covered with soil just below the cotyledons to allow sufficient roots to form.
Distances
60 x 60 cm or in a 10 liter bucket.
Harvest
From July.
