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I've got some Solanum Muricatum or Pepino Melon Pear seeds which I'll be trying for the first time next year. Has anyone grown these before? I think they need to be grown in a greenhouse but not sure, can they be grown outdoors?

Never heard of it but found this:
http://coolexotics.com/plant-81.html

thanks for that, judging by the photos it looks like this will be one for the conservatory. :)

Let us know what it is like - might have a go at it when I get sufficient indoor room and at least one window that faces south.

 :) okay!

Some info on it here:

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pepino.html

thanks jennym, looks like it's suseptible to blight so definitely will grow this at home, our allotment is plaqued with blight.

Hi all
we bought some from Bakkers 2 years ago and put them in a greenhouse bed the first year.  They fruited quite impressively, but were so late that they never ripened.  Massive weight of fruits so that the plants (bushy shrubby things with purple flowers looking like a cross between Desiree potatoes and Cape Gooseberries) needed support. 
Anyway as we are in south Hampshire we thought we'd put them outside so this spring we planted them up & gave them loads of protection so that they got away really well.  And guess what happened.....?
Yup, by late October they had (less) fruited again and still hadn't ripened.
I hate to say it but we've given up on them  :(  and the plants are now in the compost bin.

Oh dear, not encouraging then. Do you think they would have ripened if picked when green and left on a windowsill....I'm thinking like tomatoes? :-\

Jesseveve,
We tried that last year - left them for ages on our conservatory table (almost until Xmas, by which time Mrs Project decided they were clashing with the decorations!), but they just stayed hard and green.  Some of them developed the purple stripes like they were meant to have, but were still inedible.  The green toms and chillies we had put in the same place had long been ripened off and consumed!
It was a shame as we had had great hopes for them :'(.

Can you remember when you sowed them? Our conservatory is heated so I can get an early start. I don't hold out much hope for them now but as I have the seeds I might as well give them a bash.

Jesseveve
we bought them as plantlets from Bakkers, so they were about 6" high when we got them in the April.
If you're growing from seed I guess you'd best start now!

;D Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ;D

Thanks wedin project :)