Melon
Cucumis melo · vegetable · frost-tender
Melons want the same heat and warm soil as watermelon and share its exposure to bacterial fruit blotch, which infects most cultivated cucurbits. Eastern shipping types, true cantaloupes, and honeydews are the main market classes in the American seed trade.
Diseases of melon
- seedborne
Bacterial Fruit Blotch
Acidovorax citrulli
- oomycete
Phytophthora Blight
Phytophthora capsici · codes: Pc
- virus
Cucumber Mosaic Virus
Cucumovirus CMV · codes: CMV
Planting melon
Windows are computed per location from median frost dates. Pick a place on the Grow pages for exact dates; the rules by climate band:
| Zone band | Method | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| temperate | direct sow | 14-35 days after last frost, soil ≥ 70°F |
Who breeds & sells melon
- Seminis Vegetable Seeds
- Syngenta Vegetable Seeds
- BASF | Nunhems
- Sakata Seed
- Limagrain / Vilmorin-Mikado & HM.CLAUSE
- Johnny's Selected Seeds
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
- Stokes Seeds
Related crops: Watermelon · Cucumber
Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all independent references.
- Cucurbit Production Guides · University of Florida IFAS Extension, University or Government