When to plant pumpkins in Annecy: 19 June – 20 July

In Annecy, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 17 April to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 20 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include C'nos terroirs (farm shop, 4 km) and Les paniers d'ici (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Annecy: soil, season and weather

In Annecy the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 19 June, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 65 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 September – 3 October
Days left for picking	73
Daylight	14:38 on 8 May, 15:44 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Annecy: care after planting

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

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

10 July — 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 Annecy during the pumpkin season

About 629 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (80 mm) and November the wettest (128 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.2	13	113	14	15:43
July	24.5	14.8	99	11	15:24
August	24.7	14.8	80	9	14:11
September	19.5	11.1	92	11	12:36
October	15	7.1	117	11	11:00
November	8.5	1.7	128	14	9:30

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Annecy, Lyon is 23 days earlier and Aosta 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Geneva	32 km	8 June – 23 July	11 days earlier
Chambéry	41 km	3 June – 26 July	16 days earlier
Lausanne	78 km	19 June – 26 July	same day
Grenoble	86 km	28 June – 30 June	9 days later
Aosta	94 km	from 1 July	12 days later
Lyon	101 km	27 May – 31 July	23 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Annecy

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 20 July (from 29 May to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 April to 8 June. Within 15 km of Annecy OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

C'nos terroirs — farm shop
Avenue des Neigeos 67, 74600 Annecy · Tue–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 4 km · cnosterroirs.fr
Les paniers d'ici — farm shop
Route d'Annecy 910, 74370 Charvonnex · Wed–Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun–Tue closed · 8 km · lespaniersdici.com
Terre Ferme — farm shop
Place de la Fontaine 32, 74350 Cruseilles · Wed–Fri 09:00–12:30, 15:30–19:00; Sat 09:00–12:30 · 14 km · terre-ferme-cruseilles.fr
Alpage de la Combe du Villards — farm shop
Chemin des Villards 684 · Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 14 km · savoie-mont-blanc.com

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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