Fruit

Watermelon

📍 Nepal

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

Sow Harvest

Sow

Jan – Feb

Harvest

Apr – May

Growing period

85 - 90 days

Seeding rate

4 - 6 kg/ha

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Harvest — this part of the plant

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 .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.

Where Watermelon grows in Nepal

plains

A. Terai Agro-ecological Zone

Land System Unit:1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a, 4c, 5a, 6a, 6b,6c, 10a, 10b and 11; Subtropical Climate, <1000 m Elevation, 20-24 C0 Temperature, Hypothermic Temerature Regime and Semihumid Moisture Regime

Looking for another crop? Browse the full Nepal crop calendar or the Watermelon guide for other countries.