Raw / fresh
Use cucumbers and tender young fruit raw in salads, pickles, snacks, and cold dishes where suitable.
Cucurbits
Watermelon growing guide
Large spreading vine producing sweet, watery fruit. Needs a long, hot growing season. Thump the fruit — a hollow sound means it's ripe.
7-14 daysGermination
80-100 daysHarvest
120 cmSpacing
2 cmSow depth
FullSun
TenderFrost
2.5 cm/weekWater
6-7pH
Planting calendar by climate
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| Climate | Sow | Transplant / Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical | Jan - Dec | Jan - Dec | Jan - Dec |
| Subtropical | Sep - Dec | Sep - Dec | Nov - Mar |
| Mediterranean | Oct - Nov | Oct - Nov | Dec - Feb |
| Temperate | Oct - Nov | Nov - Dec | Jan - Mar |
| Cool | Oct - Nov | Nov - Dec | Jan - Feb |
| Arid | Sep - Nov | Sep - Nov | Nov - Feb |
Cooking and eating ideas
A quick garden-to-table guide for using Watermelon after harvest.
Cooked
Grill, roast, saute, stuff, bake into fritters, simmer into curries, or cook mature squash and pumpkin.
Store / preserve
Pickle cucumbers, freeze cooked squash, cure storage pumpkins, or make relish and chutney.
Try: Pickles, Grilled slices, Pumpkin soup, Zucchini fritters.
Good companions
Corn, Sunflower, Nasturtium
Avoid near
Potato
Growing note
Reduce watering as fruit matures to concentrate sweetness.
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