SummaryMuskmelons (Cucumis melo L.) were grown in sand to determine the salt tolerance as affected by salinization of sea water, NaCI, Na2SO4 and MgCl2 in Experiment I, and MgSO4 in Experiment II at osmotic potentials of -0.95 (MgSO4 only), -1.20, -1.70 and -2 .70 bars as compared to a control of -0.70 bars of base nutrient solution. Fruit fresh weight and whole plant dry weight were greatest in the control and decreased in each salinity with decreasing osmotic potentials of treatment solutions. At -2.70 bars fruit fresh weight in the control was 37. 3, 31. 4, 11. 8, 24.8 and 17.0% in the sea water, NaCI, Na2SO4, MgC12 and MgSO4 series, respectively. No plant died in the sea water and NaCI series. A few plants at -2.70 bars in the MgCl2 series withered by harvest. All plants died within 60 days after transplanting at -2.70 bars in the Na2SO4 series and at -1.70 and -2.70 bars in the MgSO4 series. The growth in decreasing order was control>sea water=NaCl>MgCl2> Na2SO4=MgSO4. The addition of single salts or sea water to the base nutrient solution increased the content of the respective added ions in leaves and soil solutions (SSa) and EC of SSa, and decreased osmotic potentials of SSa. Ca in leaves decreased in the Na2SO4, MgC12 and MgSO4 series with decreasing osmotic potentials of treatment solutions. The result seemed to suggest specific effects of Mg and SO4 ions on muskmelons.