When to plant pumpkins in Angers: 28 May – 2 August

In Angers, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 21 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 2 August.

Pumpkin in Angers: soil, season and weather

In Angers the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 May, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 77 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	27 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	13:39 on 16 April, 15:34 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Angers: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 June — 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 Angers during the pumpkin season

About 412 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (39 mm) and October the wettest (77 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.3	68	11	15:05
June	24.1	14.2	65	10	15:56
July	25.8	15.5	40	7	15:36
August	25.9	15.4	39	7	14:18
September	22.6	12.9	52	9	12:37
October	18	10	77	12	10:56
November	12.4	5.9	71	12	9:21

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Angers's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	28 May – 4 August	same day
Le Mans	81 km	31 May – 30 July	3 days later
Tours	94 km	31 May – 2 August	3 days later
Rennes	110 km	1 June – 3 August	4 days later
Poitiers	120 km	30 May – 25 July	2 days later
La Rochelle	153 km	28 May – 17 August	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Angers

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 2 August (from 7 May to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 21 June. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Marché Monplaisir (Doyenné) — market
Boulevard du Doyenné, 49100 Angers · Sun 08:00–13:30 · 2 km · angers.fr
Marché Justice Madeleine Saint-Léonard — market
Rue des Ponts-de-Cé, 49000 Angers · Tue 08:00–13:30 · 2 km · angers.fr
Marché Monplaisir (Boulevard Allonneau) — market
Boulevard Auguste Allonneau, 49100 Angers · Wed 08:00–13:30 · 3 km · angers.fr
Marché Hauts-de-Saint-Aubin — market
Place de la Fraternité, 49100 Angers · Fri 15:00–19:00 · 3 km · angers.fr

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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