Melon Wholesale Price — Antalya

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Last 30 days

From the bulletins of the 30 days up to 25.09.2026. Records with a different unit are left out.

About the crop

Melons are one of Turkey's main summer crops and are eaten mostly fresh. Production is spread across many provinces, and no single province has more than 10% of the total.

Growing difficulty: Easy Apart from its need for heat, its cultural requirements are flexible; it is, however, sensitive to chilling injury.

Climate

Needs a hot, sunny climate and has no frost tolerance.

Growing regions

Adana leads Turkish production (9.7%), followed by Denizli (6.8%), Antalya (6.3%) and Konya (6.2%) (TurkStat, 2024). Total national output is about 1.48 million tonnes.

Cultivation

Grown mainly in the open field; in some early areas plastic tunnels and protected cultivation are used for an early crop.

Harvest calendar

Sown in March–May depending on region; harvest runs from June to September.

Main challenges

• Powdery mildew
• Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis)
• Fruit flies
• Chilling injury after harvest

Storage

Netted (cantaloupe-type) melons keep for 10–14 days at 2–7°C and 95% relative humidity. Below 2°C chilling injury appears: pitting, reddish-brown discolouration, surface decay and failure to ripen.