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SOLANUM muricatum "Pepino"


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Growing Instructions & Tips:
  This recently introduced fruit from the Andes looks like a very large cream colored goose egg with beautiful purple staining in the smooth skin. It has a mild, lightly sweet taste and is becoming popular as a vegetable in salads or cooked in stews. Also is very ornamental as a foliage plant - 3' height, shrubby, small oval leaves and easily grown indoors in sunny location. Seeds are very small. Germination for: SOLANUM muricatum "Pepino" Sow this seed on the surface of the soil. Your soil should be a mixture of potting mix ( 80% ), and coarse sand ( 20% ). Keep only lightly moist. Requires constant warmth, humidity and filtered sunlight.

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