Sowing calendar · Fruiting
Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus · Melancia, Sandía, Pastèque, Wassermelone, Anguria, melancias
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysMar–Apr
- Sow directApr–Jun
- TransplantApr–Jun
- HarvestJun–Oct
- Germination
- 4–10 days · soil from 18 °C
- Spacing
- 200 cm between rows · 100 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 2 cm
- Harvest after
- 90–120 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~5 years
Notes
Takes a lot of space and heat. It is ripe when the tendril next to the fruit dries and the spot on the ground turns yellow.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.