SEED AVAILABLE: 
Sow 5 weeks before last frost 
Easy warm germinator 
5-20 days to germinate 
50 seeds 
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone:  9-11  Grow here as an Annual
Growth:  Mounding vine best allowed to crawl over a thick bed of straw/hay or plants can be caged/tied up to a structure; plant is 30-60cm [1–2ft] tall, 60-90cm [2–3ft] wide
Bloom:  Small yellow flowers give way to delicious fruit
Fruit:  Green fruit are enclosed in a papery husks. The edible fruit grows and ripens to light orange, hard, crisp spheres with a refreshing fruity taste; when ripe, the fruit fall to the ground (thus the mulch cushion).
Foliage:  Bright green, sticky, deciduous
Light:  Full sun
Water:  Moderate
Soil:  Not rich, moist but well-drained
Garden Location:  Requires space to let sprawl or be caged or staked, or tied to a fence,  so best placed in the vegetable garden where it can be maintained, watered, and harvested.