Plant melons in Texas once your soil has warmed and the last hard freeze has passed for your specific location.

Cantaloupes and small “icebox” watermelons are the safest bets across most of Texas, thanks to their shorter time to harvest and their tolerance for long…

Melons go in Tennessee gardens once soil has warmed past the last frost risk, generally from late April through mid-May in Middle Tennessee, later in the…

Tennessee’s frost-free window runs from around early April to late October, wide enough for nearly any melon.

Transplant melons outdoors in South Dakota once soil has warmed past the chill of spring, roughly mid-to-late May for most of the state, and never before…

South Dakota’s short, heat-limited growing season favors fast-maturing muskmelons and icebox watermelons over anything bred for a long southern summer.

Across most of South Carolina, melons go into the ground from mid-April through mid-May, once soil has shaken off the last frost risk of late winter.

Short-season, heat-tolerant melons win in South Carolina, and long-season honeydew types are the riskiest bet outside the coastal Lowcountry.

Sow melon seeds indoors around late April, four to five weeks before you plan to move them outside, and don’t transplant until after the average last…

Saskatchewan’s short, cool growing season limits realistic melon choices to fast-maturing types: quick-ripening cantaloupe and muskmelon varieties bred…