Bitter melon is a very easy to grow plant.You can grow the fruit(when it isn't ripe and for cooking)and for the fresh(the ruby red fresh which covers the seeds-MAKE sure that the fruit is orange ripe before harvesting for the fresh).
Grow bitter melon in spring to summer.
Plant the seeds 1 inch into the soil,then water.the seedlings should appear in a few days to a week(see how the seedling looks like the image below). Transplant them and plant them in a fertile black clay soil.When the plant begins to grow tendrils, make a short small trellis for the the bitter melon to climb on.
Soon, your plant will be flowering and fruiting.When it does fruits,make sure to cover the fruit to prevent it form melon fly stings
Gardening
Make sure:
your seedling looks like this:
And remember to recognize which flowers fruit
Male flower-DOES NOT FRUIT!
Female flower-FRUITS
For fruit, harvest it when it looks like this-(and open it for the ruby red fresh):
For fresh,harvest the fruit when it looks like this:
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