21/ white bitter melon This might be an acquired taste, but it is more mild than green bitter melon. I grow this as a companion plant to Nkruma Tenten okra. It climbs up and trellises on the okra. It is grown in deep raised beds and in a sheltered place from wind. It gets mostly sun. Bugs don’t eat the leaves, but pollinators visit the flowers. It doesn’t get squash vine borer. I’ve tried growing it in other places, but it only seems to really like growing with the okra.