When to plant watermelons in Bowling Green: 4 May – 1 August

In Bowling Green, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 16 March to 4 July; plant into a greenhouse from 13 April to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 4 May to 1 August.

Watermelon in Bowling Green: soil, season and weather

In Bowling Green the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 31 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 4 May, 34 days later.

Last spring frost	31 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	4 May, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 April – 1 August; April outside: 9.1 °C at night, 20.4 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 190 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 29 September
Days left for picking	131
Daylight	12:47 on 6 April, 13:48 on 4 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 9 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Bowling Green: care after planting

Planted on 4 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

4 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 Bowling Green during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 31.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (14.8 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and September–November (5–17.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	25.1	14.8	117	13	14:08
June	30	19.1	132	12	14:41
July	31.7	21.6	129	15	14:28
August	30.4	20.4	109	13	13:36
September	28.1	17.5	100	9	12:27
October	22.1	11.7	93	9	11:17
November	14.8	5	93	8	10:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Bowling Green, Chattanooga is 7 days earlier and Lexington 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nashville	96 km	3 May – 5 August	1 day earlier
Evansville	148 km	5 May – 1 August	1 day later
Louisville	153 km	7 May – 2 August	3 days later
Frankfort	194 km	13 May – 25 July	9 days later
Lexington	206 km	15 May – 29 July	11 days later
Chattanooga	238 km	27 April – 3 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Bowling Green

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 May to 1 August (from 13 April to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 March to 4 July. Within 15 km of Bowling Green OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Wright Implement — farm supply
9 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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