Melon Petit Gris de Rennes

Horticultural & taste description The Petit Gris de Rennes is a quintessential old French variety, renowned for being one of the best in terms of taste. Its orange flesh is extremely fragrant, sweet, and flavorful. Its fruits have a smooth grey-green skin that turns yellow at maturity. It is a vigorous plant that requires humus-rich soil and a very sunny exposure.

Benefits for biodiversity Its generous flowering attracts a multitude of bees and bumblebees, essential for the balance of the vegetable garden. Its natural hardiness allows for healthy cultivation, without any chemical inputs, thus respecting the microbial life of your soil.

PÉPI PÉPI's little note This is one of the most reliable melons for our northern regions because it tolerates slight temperature fluctuations better. A gardener's tip: reduce watering as soon as the fruit begins to release its characteristic fragrance. This concentrates the sugars and prevents excess water from diluting its legendary taste. A culinary journey into the history of peasant gardens!

Our prices: For each of our plants, we offer 2 prices. The base price corresponds to the average price you would find in a garden center. The support price values the work behind our plants: heirloom seeds, peat-free compost — because elsewhere, peat bogs are destroyed to fertilize your plants — plants sown, transplanted, and cared for by our hands, and zero import-export.

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