When to plant watermelon in Mount Gambier
We don't have planting times for watermelon in Mount Gambier yet.
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mount Gambier. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A sprawling summer vine that needs Adelaide's long hot season, plenty of space and warm soil. Sow or plant in late spring. A melon is ripe when the tendril nearest it has browned and the patch underneath turns creamy yellow.