When to plant watermelons in Angers: 28 May – 18 August

In Angers, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 9 April to 21 July; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 18 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 18 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Le Biau Jardin (farm shop, 7 km) and Aux Fraises d'Anjou (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Angers: soil, season and weather

In Angers the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 28 May, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 77 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 18 August; May outside: 10.3 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 16 October
Days left for picking	124
Daylight	14:23 on 30 April, 15:34 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Angers: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

28 May — 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 Angers during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5.9 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.3	68	11	15:05
June	24.1	14.2	65	10	15:56
July	25.8	15.5	40	7	15:36
August	25.9	15.4	39	7	14:18
September	22.6	12.9	52	9	12:37
October	18	10	77	12	10:56
November	12.4	5.9	71	12	9:21

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Watermelon in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Angers's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	28 May – 20 August	same day
Le Mans	81 km	31 May – 15 August	3 days later
Tours	94 km	31 May – 18 August	3 days later
Rennes	110 km	1 June – 19 August	4 days later
Poitiers	120 km	30 May – 10 August	2 days later
La Rochelle	153 km	28 May – 2 September	same day

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Angers

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 18 August (from 7 May to 18 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 April to 21 July. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Marché Roseraie — market
Place Jean XXIII, 49000 Angers · Sat 08:00–13:30 · 3 km · angers.fr
Marché de Belle-Beille — market
Rue Louis Dolbeau, 49000 Angers · Fri 08:00–13:30 · 3 km · angers.fr
Le Biau Jardin — farm shop
Levée Ligerienne 15, 49130 Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix · Wed 16:00–18:00; Sat 10:00–12:00 · 7 km · lebiaujardin.fr
Aux Fraises d'Anjou — farm shop
Route de la Plotinière, Loire authion · Mon–Fri 10:00–18:30 · 9 km · auxfraisesdanjou.fr

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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