When to plant pumpkins in Atlantic City: 5 May – 28 July

In Atlantic City, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 14 April to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 5 May to 28 July.

Pumpkin in Atlantic City: soil, season and weather

In Atlantic City the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 5 May, 37 days later.

Last spring frost	29 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 May, 37 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 November, 201 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 July – 11 October
Days left for picking	126
Daylight	12:17 on 24 March, 13:59 on 5 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Atlantic City: care after planting

Planted on 5 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 May — 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 Atlantic City during the pumpkin season

About 698 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (72 mm) and May the wettest (131 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.1	13	131	12	14:19
June	25.8	18.6	72	10	14:56
July	28.8	22.5	106	12	14:41
August	27.6	21.5	93	11	13:45
September	24.8	18.7	111	11	12:29
October	19.9	13.1	111	9	11:13
November	13.8	6.2	74	8	10:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Atlantic City; the closest date is in Annapolis, 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Philadelphia	92 km	14 May – 17 July	9 days later
Dover	97 km	11 May – 1 August	6 days later
Trenton	100 km	21 May – 18 July	16 days later
New York	154 km	21 May – 26 July	16 days later
Allentown	165 km	23 May – 9 July	18 days later
Annapolis	184 km	8 May – 25 July	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Atlantic City

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 May to 28 July (from 14 April to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 16 June. Within 15 km of Atlantic City OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Casale al Mare — market
5 km
Bellino's Market — market
15 km
WaWa — market
15 km
Produce Junction — farm shop
13 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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