Mouse Melon

Dame's Rocket

About Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket

Mouse Melon

Dame's Rocket

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

Biennial

1.2 Type

Vegetable

Herbs

1.3 Origin

Central America, Mexico

Southern Europe, Western Europe, Russia/Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Slicing, Pickling and burpless

Summer lilac, Winter gilliflower

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

3NA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Floodplains, Wet forest

meadows, Open areas, Roadsides, Woodlands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

7-84-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-1

9 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

21,22

1.9 Habit

Vining/Climbing

Clump-Forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

15.20 cm60.00 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

180.00 cm60.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Gold

White, Pink, Lavender

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Green

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Light Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green, Yellow green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Heart-shaped

Ovate

2.4 Thorns

✔ ✘

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam

Clay, Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Indeterminate

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings, Stem Planting

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Keep ground moist, Requires a lot of watering, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season

Average Water Needs, Water when top layer of soil becomes dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam

Clay, Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Prune after flowering, Remove shoots

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

Compost, organic fertlizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Bacteria wilt, Fungal Diseases, fungus, Fusarium wilt, Leaf spot, Striped cucumber beetles

Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Cold climate

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Ants, Birds, Flying insects, Insects, Rats, Squirrels

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Insects

5.12 Allergy

Throat itching, Vomiting

Vomiting

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

Bouquets, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Food for animals, Food for birds

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Antioxidants, Combats Stress, Fiber, Improve heart health, Indigestion, Inflammation, Rich in Iron

Nutrients

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits, Seeds

Flowers, Leaves, Seeds

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties

Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.5 Garden Design

Edible, Herb / Vegetable, Vine

Cutflower, Mixed Border, Wildflower

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

MELOTHRIA scabra

HESPERIS matronalis

7.2 Common Name

Mexican Sour Gherkins, cucamelon

Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket

7.2.1 In Hindi

Mousemelon

डेम के रॉकेट

7.2.2 In German

Maus Melone

Rockets Freifrau

7.2.3 In French

Mousemelon

Rocket Dame

7.2.4 In Spanish

Mousemelon

Rocket Dame

7.2.5 In Greek

πεπόνι ποντίκι

Rocket Dame του

7.2.6 In Portuguese

melão rato

Rocket de Dame

7.2.7 In Polish

mysz melona

Rocket Dame

7.2.8 In Latin

mouse melon

Hesperis Rocket

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Tracheophyta

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Cucurbitales

Brassicales

8.5 Family

Cucurbitaceae

Brassicaceae

8.6 Genus

Cucumis

Hesperis

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Melothrieae

Hylocereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Cucurbitoideae

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

NANA

1 27800

Properties of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket

Wondering what are the properties of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket? We provide you with everything About Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket. Mouse Melon doesn't have thorns and Dame's Rocket doesn't have thorns. Also Mouse Melon does not have fragrant flowers. Mouse Melon has allergic reactions like Throat itching and Vomiting and Dame's Rocket has allergic reactions like Throat itching and Vomiting. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket

Season and care of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket is important to know. While considering everything about Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket Care, growing season is an essential factor. Mouse Melon season is Summer and Fall and Dame's Rocket season is Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Mouse Melon is Loam and for Dame's Rocket is Clay, Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Mouse Melon is Neutral and for Dame's Rocket is Neutral, Alkaline.

Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket Physical Information

Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket physical information is very important for comparison. Mouse Melon height is 15.20 cm and width 180.00 cm whereas Dame's Rocket height is 60.00 cm and width 60.00 cm. The color specification of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket are as follows:

Mouse Melon flower color: Yellow and Gold
Mouse Melon leaf color: Light Green
Dame's Rocket flower color: White, Pink and Lavender
Dame's Rocket leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket

Care of Mouse Melon and Dame's Rocket include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Mouse Melon pruning is done Prune after flowering and Remove shoots and Dame's Rocket pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Mouse Melon needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Dame's Rocket needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.