When to plant pumpkins in Aberdeen: 19 July – 26 July

In Aberdeen, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 17 May to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 28 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 19 July to 26 July.

Pumpkin in Aberdeen: soil, season and weather

In Aberdeen the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 19 July, 100 days later. 124 days separate planting out (19 July) from the first autumn frost (20 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 49 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	10 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 July, 100 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 November, 124 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 October – 9 October
Days left for picking	49
Daylight	17:41 on 7 June, 17:07 on 19 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 14 rainy days

The same dates in Aberdeen hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Aberdeen: care after planting

Planted on 19 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 August — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of pumpkin 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 Aberdeen during the pumpkin season

About 440 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (68 mm) and October the wettest (108 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	17.8	11.5	103	18	17:19
August	17.7	11.4	74	15	15:18
September	15.8	9.9	68	14	12:51
October	12.7	7.6	108	16	10:27
November	9	4.4	87	15	8:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Aberdeen, Edinburgh is 13 days earlier and Dundee 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dundee	91 km	21 July – 29 August	2 days later
Perth (United Kingdom)	115 km	19 July – 28 August	same day
Inverness	133 km	17 July – 19 July	2 days earlier
Edinburgh	148 km	6 July – 15 July	13 days earlier
Stirling	160 km	11 July – 15 July	8 days earlier
Glasgow	194 km	21 July – 28 August	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Aberdeen

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 July to 26 July (from 28 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 May to 14 June. Within 15 km of Aberdeen OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Mains of Drum Garden Centre — garden centre
14 km
Beechgrove Garden — plant nursery
11 km · beechgrove.co.uk
Research Plots — plant nursery
3 km
Grove Nursery — plant nursery
4 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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