Melons

Frederik Vollert

The vegetable breeding of Lubera

In addition to fruit and berries, we are expanding our vegetable range to become the third pillar of the Lubera Edibles young plant programme. This step is only logical: if our love for young plants literally goes through the stomach, then vegetables are naturally part of that. In addition, interest in growing your own high-quality vegetables in the garden or on the balcony is growing steadily – and this is exactly where our breeding work comes in.

Raphael Maier

Breeding of field-grown melons

An outdoor melon? Another new breeding programme? Yes, this year Lubera has started breeding melons, more precisely honeydew outdoor melons for Central Europe. Lubera has already bred some exotic crops: you can already order peanuts, sweet potatoes or passion fruit in the Lubera Garden Shop, but now outdoor melons? Do they even grow here?

It's not that far-fetched to grow outdoor melons in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. If you look in old variety catalogues, you will be surprised to...