Cucumis melo
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sow / plantGrowingHarvest
Guides
- Growing Melons from Seedlings: Sowing Warm, Potting up and Planting Out
- Melon Care: Watering, Feeding and Keeping the Fruit Off Wet Soil
- Pruning Melons: Pinching the Main Shoot and Limiting Fruit per Plant
- Melon Growing Calendar: Every Stage from Sowing to the First Slip
- Melon Problems: Powdery Mildew, Wilt, Aphids and Fruit That Rots on the Ground
- When Is a Melon Ripe? The Slip, the Smell and the Days from Pollination
Common problems
Start from what you can see on the plant.
Pests and diseases (58)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Bacterial Spot
CommonDisease
Small water-soaked spots appear on the leaves, later turning brown with yellowing around them. Fruit develops water-soaked or scabby spots from which rot spreads.
Powdery MildewFusarium Wilt of CucurbitsMelon Yellow Spot VirusCucurbit Leaf BeetleWatermelon Mosaic VirusCucumber Mosaic VirusZucchini Yellow MosaicGummy Stem BlightCucumber Green Mottle MosaicBacterial WiltLate BlightTomato Spotted WiltBrown Leaf SpotSclerotinia RotBlack RotBlack SpotSouthern BlightAnthracnoseDamping-offBacterial Soft RotRoot-lesion NematodeRoot RotRoot-knot NematodeGray MoldVerticillium WiltLeaf SpotDowny MildewNecrotic SpotWart DiseasePink Mold RotPenicillium RotPhomopsis Root RotMosaic DiseaseSlime MoldMild MottleInternal Fruit RotBacterial Fruit BlotchFusarium Crown and Root RotPlant-parasitic NematodesHairy RootSmudge SpotPhytophthora BlightCharcoal RotWhite Leaf SpotFusarium Wilt and Damping-offPink RootBacterial RotVein YellowingBacterial Brown SpotBrown RotChlorotic YellowsSunken Lesion DiseaseYellow Leaf Curl DisorderYellowsBlack MoldBlack Blemish RotBlack Dot Root Rot