When to plant pumpkins in Asheville: 24 May – 8 July

In Asheville, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 22 March to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 8 July; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 8 July.

Pumpkin in Asheville: soil, season and weather

In Asheville the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 24 May, 42 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 42 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 November, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 21 September
Days left for picking	87
Daylight	12:58 on 12 April, 14:15 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Asheville: care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 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 Asheville during the pumpkin season

About 575 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (56 mm) and September the wettest (102 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.6	11.6	99	13	14:02
June	26.7	15.4	70	12	14:33
July	28.9	17.8	74	16	14:21
August	27.2	17	95	14	13:32
September	25	14.4	102	10	12:26
October	20	8.9	79	7	11:20
November	14	3.4	56	7	10:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Asheville; the closest date is in Knoxville, 20 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Greenville	83 km	23 April – 28 July	31 days earlier
Knoxville	130 km	4 May – 18 July	20 days earlier
Charlotte	160 km	13 April – 19 July	41 days earlier
Athens (United States)	199 km	17 April – 28 July	37 days earlier
Columbia	226 km	28 March – 4 August	57 days earlier
Chattanooga	252 km	27 April – 18 July	27 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Asheville

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 8 July (from 3 May to 8 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 March to 27 May. Within 15 km of Asheville OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026).

Green Outdoors — garden centre
5 km
Asheville Mulch Yard — garden centre
9 km
Reems Creek Nursery — garden centre
12 km
Fifth Season — garden centre
3 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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