​Description:
Bitter melon is a annual plant with rough and warty skin, similar growing habits as the cucumber. Fruits are eaten then young as they get more bitter as they mature.

Growing:
  • ​annual (long season)
  • full sun
  • ​moist well draining soil
  • average water
  • harvest: fruit

Health benefits:
  • diabetes benefits
  • constipation

Notes:
  • harvest fruit when young

Varieties

White

Yellow
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