How to Grow Bitter Melon: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Momordica charantia

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Growing Bitter Melon as a Living Shade Screen on a Sunny Wall
• How to Sow Bitter Melon Seed: Nicking the Hard Coat and Getting It Up
• Pruning Bitter Melon: Pinch the Main Shoot to Bring the Fruiting Laterals
• Bitter Melon Problems: Pests, Mildew and Flowers That Set No Fruit
• When to Pick Bitter Melon Before It Splits Open and Turns Orange
• Bitter Melon Growing Calendar: The Season From Sowing to Clearing

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (21)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.