When to Plant Melons in California
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…
The Best Melons to Grow in California
Short-season cantaloupes and muskmelons handle California’s cooler coastal fog belts best, while big watermelons and honeydews reward the heat of the…
When to Plant Melons in British Columbia
In coastal British Columbia, the workable melon season runs from starting seed indoors around late February to setting transplants outside well after the…
The Best Melons to Grow in British Columbia
For British Columbia’s coastal and lowland gardens, the melons worth planting are the fast ones: short-season muskmelons and icebox-type watermelons bred…
When to Plant Melons in Arkansas
Arkansas melon growers get one direct answer: wait until April 3, the state’s average last light-frost date, before seeding or transplanting outdoors.
The Best Melons to Grow in Arkansas
Arkansas gardeners get one advantage most Southern states don’t: enough heat and enough season length to grow almost any melon type, provided the variety…
When to Plant Melons in Arizona
In most of Arizona, especially the low desert around Phoenix, frost isn’t the obstacle that decides when to plant melons. What decides it is heat.
The Best Melons to Grow in Arizona
Skip the encyclopedia of melon cultivars and go straight to type: fast-maturing cantaloupe and muskmelon types for a spring planting that beats the worst…
When to Plant Melons in Alberta
Transplant melons outdoors once the risk of frost has mostly passed, around the average last-frost date of May 21, and expect to bring them in before the…
The Best Melons to Grow in Alberta
Alberta’s melon window runs from a mean last frost of May 21 to a mean first frost of September 16, in a climate with zero days a year reaching 90°F.