When to plant watermelons in Coventry: 21 June – 8 August

In Coventry, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 3 May to 11 July; plant into a greenhouse from 31 May to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 21 June to 8 August.

Watermelon in Coventry: soil, season and weather

In Coventry the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 21 June, 70 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 June, 70 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 May – 8 August; May outside: 7.6 °C at night, 16.5 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	17 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 August – 6 October
Days left for picking	90
Daylight	16:09 on 24 May, 16:49 on 21 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Coventry: care after planting

Planted on 21 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

21 June — 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 Coventry during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 21.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (14.2 °C) and November (9.8 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.4 °C to 12.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.6	10.9	68	11	16:47
July	21.4	12.9	70	12	16:21
August	21	12.6	61	11	14:45
September	18.4	10.5	70	12	12:44
October	14.2	8	74	13	10:43
November	9.8	4.4	76	12	8:47

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Coventry, Worcester is 2 days earlier and Oxford 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Birmingham	27 km	20 June – 10 August	1 day earlier
Leicester	36 km	21 June – 10 August	same day
Worcester	54 km	19 June – 13 August	2 days earlier
Derby	57 km	22 June – 13 August	1 day later
Nottingham	65 km	20 June – 14 August	1 day earlier
Oxford	75 km	23 June – 14 August	2 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Coventry

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 June to 8 August (from 31 May to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 May to 11 July. Within 15 km of Coventry OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Russells Garden Centre — garden centre
4 km
Smith's Nurseries — garden centre
5 km
Kings Hill Nurseries — garden centre
5 km
Hillier Garden Centre — garden centre
11 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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