Jade Lady Melon (Jade Lady F1): Characteristics
Jade Lady melon is an F1 hybrid (honeydew) melon variety, also sold or known as Jade Lady F1 or Jade Lady honeydew. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources. It comes from Known You Seed (sold in the Philippines through Harbest Agribusiness).
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for Jade Lady F1 or Jade Lady honeydew, this is the same melon. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our melon variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for gourds and melons.
- Type: F1 hybrid (honeydew).
Key facts about Jade Lady melon
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Breeder or owner | Known You Seed (sold in the Philippines through Harbest Agribusiness) |
| Also known as | Jade Lady F1, Jade Lady honeydew, Lady Jade |
| Type | F1 hybrid (honeydew) |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | 60 to 65 days after sowing (Harbest) |
| Yield, per the seller | one grower reported 9 to 10 t from 0.5 ha |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: 60 to 65 days after sowing (Harbest). Yield, by the seller's count: one grower reported 9 to 10 t from 0.5 ha. No trial on record checks these figures yet, so treat them as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit melon fields most often: anthracnose, cutworm, damping off, downy mildew of cucurbits, Fusarium wilt. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: 60 to 65 days after sowing (Harbest).
- Yield: One grower reported 9 to 10 t from 0.5 ha.
- Fruit: Oblong, silver green skin, light green flesh, 1 to 2 kg, brix 10 to 15.
- Said to stay sweet even without wide day to night temperature swings.
- Copes with very wet weather, grown all year by that grower.
Why farmers know it: named among the honeydews most commonly planted in the Philippines, a Nueva Ecija grower had planted it for ten years, Harbest had distributed it for 18 years by 2018. These are the seller's own figures, from its own trials. So plant a small area first, and compare it with your usual melon on the same ground.
Where and when to plant Jade Lady melon
Muskmelon and honeydew need dry weather near harvest, or the fruit cracks and loses its sweetness. Plant so that the fruit ripens before the rains. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng gulay.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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