Delaware gardeners get a long enough season for nearly every melon type: cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew all mature comfortably between the spring…

Melon seed goes into Connecticut ground once the soil itself is warm, not simply once the calendar says frost has passed.

Short-season melons win in Connecticut. Cantaloupes and muskmelons rated for 70 to 85 days, along with icebox-type watermelons, mature reliably before…

Colorado’s frost dates put the safe window for melons between roughly May 11 and September 30, though many growers push transplants out as early as May 1…

Colorado’s growing season runs short and its summers stay dry, so the melons that succeed here are the quick-maturing types: icebox watermelons and small…

Coastal and Southern California don’t have a frost-free planting window for melons, they have no frost at all in an average year, so the calendar…

Short-season cantaloupes and muskmelons handle California’s cooler coastal fog belts best, while big watermelons and honeydews reward the heat of the…

In coastal British Columbia, the workable melon season runs from starting seed indoors around late February to setting transplants outside well after the…

For British Columbia’s coastal and lowland gardens, the melons worth planting are the fast ones: short-season muskmelons and icebox-type watermelons bred…

Arkansas melon growers get one direct answer: wait until April 3, the state’s average last light-frost date, before seeding or transplanting outdoors.