5 IMPORTANT Lessons I Learned Growing the African Egusi Melon in My Backyard Garden Zone 9a

The final harvest of the egusi melon is in! As I harvest the last crops, I reflected on what I learned experimenting with growing this culturally meaningful vegetable in my garden this year. In this video, I share 5 important lessons. If you are curious and would like to grow egusi in the diaspora, watch and learn.

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Egusi (Citrullus lanatus) is used primarily in West Africa for its de-hulled seeds, which thicken soups as a flour, are a great snack whole, make a paste like peanut butter, and have a high oil content. Egusi is the name for many species of cucurbits (melons, watermelons, and gourds) whose seeds are used for this purpose.

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