When to plant watermelons in Albury: 9 November – 10 March

In Albury, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 21 September to 11 February; plant into a greenhouse from 19 October to 10 March; plant out into open ground from 9 November to 10 March.

Watermelon in Albury: soil, season and weather

In Albury the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 9 November, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	28 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 November, 73 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	19 October – 10 March; October outside: 9.5 °C at night, 20.4 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	19 June, 223 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 January – 8 May
Days left for picking	164
Daylight	12:51 on 12 October, 13:50 on 9 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

The same dates in Albury hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Pumpkin.

Watermelon in Albury: care after planting

Planted on 9 November: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

9 November — feed: balanced (NPK)

Pests and diseases of watermelon to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Albury during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, January, averages 30.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: May (16.2 °C) and June (12.5 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in February–June and November, December (4.9–17 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	24	12.7	85	9	14:01
December	28	15.5	65	7	14:35
January	30.7	18.2	69	8	14:20
February	29.3	17	29	4	13:25
March	27	15.6	51	5	12:21
April	21.6	11.1	46	5	11:11
May	16.2	7.3	59	8	10:14
June	12.5	4.9	69	11	9:43

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Watermelon in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant watermelon later than Albury; the closest date is in Melbourne, 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Canberra	218 km	26 November – 18 February	17 days later
Bendigo	248 km	16 November – 9 March	7 days later
Melbourne	260 km	12 November – 15 March	3 days later
Ballarat	320 km	18 December – 9 March	39 days later
Geelong	324 km	from 23 November	14 days later
Orange	369 km	21 November – 3 March	12 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Albury

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 November to 10 March (from 19 October to 10 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 September to 11 February. Within 15 km of Albury OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Wodonga Plant Farm — garden centre
9 km
Peards Garden Centre — plant nursery
2 km
Riversdale Irises — plant nursery
11 km
Blairs Produce Co. — farm supply
3 km

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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