Watermelon
📍 GabonClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Watermelon grows in Gabon
Area: Class, Center, East, South East and West, South
tropical moist forest area above the Equator, bordered to the east by Equatorial Guinea, to the north by Cameroon, southeast by the Province of the Estuary, finally south and southeast respectively by the province of the Middle Ogooué and Ogooué Ivindo. The relief is broken and the average altitude varies between 400 and 600 m. The average annual rainfall varies between 2000 and 2700 mm / year divided into two seasons: the short rains from September 1 to December 1, the main rainy season from 1 February to 1 June The remaining periods of the year is covered by a small (from December 1 to February 1) and a long dry season (June 1 to September 1). The average temperature ranges from 24 to 26 ° C. Zone altitude there is a temperature difference between day and night which varies between 3-5 ° C. The relative humidity of the air remains constant and is around 60-70%. In the Woleu Ntem, the physical characteristics of soils are mostly clay of the kaolinite type. In general, soils are departing after clearing or fallow fertile enough and degrade rapidly. Soil pH are highly acidic and sometimes reach the threshold of 4.5.
septentrionnale Zone: Northern Ontario Woleu Ntem
tropical moist forest area above the Equator, bordered to the east by Equatorial Guinea, to the north by Cameroon, southeast by the Province of the Estuary, finally south and southeast respectively by the province of the Middle Ogooué and Ogooué Ivindo. The relief is broken and the average altitude varies between 400 and 600 m. The average annual rainfall varies between 2000 and 2700 mm / year divided into two seasons: the short rains from September 1 to December 1, the main rainy season from 1 February to 1 June The remaining periods of the year is covered by a small (from December 1 to February 1) and a long dry season (June 1 to September 1). The average temperature ranges from 24 to 26 ° C. Zone altitude there is a temperature difference between day and night which varies between 3-5 ° C. The relative humidity of the air remains constant and is around 60-70%. In the Woleu Ntem, the physical characteristics of soils are mostly clay of the kaolinite type. In general, soils are departing after clearing or fallow fertile enough and degrade rapidly. Soil pH are highly acidic and sometimes reach the threshold of 4.5.
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