When to plant pumpkins in Augsburg: 13 June – 15 July

In Augsburg, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 April to 3 June; plant into a greenhouse from 23 May to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 13 June to 15 July.

Pumpkin in Augsburg: soil, season and weather

In Augsburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 13 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 June, 61 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 August – 28 September
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	14:34 on 2 May, 16:03 on 13 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Augsburg: care after planting

Planted on 13 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

4 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 Augsburg during the pumpkin season

About 538 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (67 mm) and August the wettest (111 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.1	13	104	14	16:05
July	24.1	14.2	107	14	15:44
August	24.1	14.2	111	14	14:23
September	19.7	10.5	81	12	12:38
October	15	6.7	67	11	10:54
November	8	1.4	68	12	9:15

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Augsburg, Nuremberg is 10 days earlier and Innsbruck 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Munich	56 km	8 June – 15 July	5 days earlier
Regensburg	113 km	14 June – 13 July	1 day later
Nuremberg	121 km	3 June – 9 July	10 days earlier
Innsbruck	128 km	29 June – 24 July	16 days later
Stuttgart	135 km	5 June – 14 July	8 days earlier
St. Gallen	155 km	15 June – 24 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Augsburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 June to 15 July (from 23 May to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 April to 3 June. Within 15 km of Augsburg OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 10 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 52 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Wochenmarkt — market
Sat 07:00–12:00 · 6 km · neusaess.de
Stadtmarkt — market
Fuggerstraße 12 a · 0 km
Hochzoller Wochenmarkt — market
Zwölf-Apostel-Platz · Wed 08:00–12:00; Fri 12:00–18:00 · 4 km
Wochenmarkt — market
Fri 08:00–12:00 · 2 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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