Start melon seeds indoors around late April, then transplant outside only after May 16, the average last spring frost at the Charlottetown reference…

Short-season muskmelon and cantaloupe types, bred for cool summers and maturing in roughly 65 to 75 days from transplant, are the safest bet for Prince…

Pennsylvania’s melon window sits between two moving targets: a last spring frost that falls somewhere between March 29 and April 6 near Philadelphia, and…

Pick short-season cantaloupe or icebox watermelon varieties over long-season honeydews and giant watermelons if you’re anywhere outside the Philadelphia…

Melons in Oregon go in the ground after the last spring frost has cleared, which west of the Cascades runs from March 6 to March 21 in most years.

West of the Cascades, Oregon’s growing season runs long but never gets very hot.

Melons need warm soil and a long frost-free stretch, and Ontario’s mean frost dates put safe transplanting around the last week of May, with harvest…

Short-season, quick-maturing melon types beat long-season heat lovers in Ontario.

Melons need warm soil and a long stretch of frost-free heat, so the window in Oklahoma runs from mid-April through early May for direct seeding, once the…

Oklahoma’s frost-free stretch runs roughly 200 to 225 days depending on the year and the station, plenty of time for most melon types to mature.