The man has adopted innumerable procedures to improve the quality of his agricultural products, as well as to mitigate the adversities that can occur in crops, looking for alternatives to improve soils, produce under controlled conditions, guarantee profitability in crops and contribute to the health of consumers. Agroecological agriculture or other expressions is the result of intensive, industrial agriculture, or the green revolution due to the negative impacts on the soil, the atmosphere and crops such as cucurbits, among which stand out: melon (Cucumis melo L.), watermelon (Citrullus lanatus T.), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima D.), among other. The objective of this work was to develop a literature review on the use of organic fertilizers in cucurbits. It was used in the review of 56 scientific documents in English, Spanish and Portuguese, included in Web of...