When to plant pumpkins in Augusta: 22 June – 9 July

In Augusta, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 20 April to 28 May; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 9 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 9 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Longfellow's Greenhouses (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Augusta: soil, season and weather

In Augusta the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 22 June, 60 days later. 134 days separate planting out (22 June) from the first autumn frost (3 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 59 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	23 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 60 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 November, 134 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 22 September
Days left for picking	59
Daylight	14:36 on 11 May, 15:32 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Augusta: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 Augusta during the pumpkin season

About 580 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (82 mm) and October the wettest (125 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	13.5	98	12	15:30
July	27.3	17.6	88	11	15:13
August	26.2	16.8	97	11	14:04
September	22.2	13.2	82	9	12:34
October	15.5	7.4	125	10	11:03
November	7.7	0.1	90	10	9:38

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Augusta, Manchester (United States) is 23 days earlier and Bangor 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Portland, Maine	82 km	20 June – 10 July	2 days earlier
Bangor	101 km	25 June – 9 July	3 days later
Concord	187 km	1 June – 6 July	21 days earlier
Manchester (United States)	200 km	30 May – 8 July	23 days earlier
Sherbrooke	206 km	18 June – 2 July	4 days earlier
Montpelier	221 km	20 June – 22 June	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Augusta

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 9 July (from 1 June to 9 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 April to 28 May. Within 15 km of Augusta OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Longfellow's Greenhouses — garden centre
Puddledock Road 81, 04351 Manchester · Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 7 km
Hallowell Seafood and Produce — market
Water Street 197, 04347 Hallowell · Mon–Sun 08:00–18:00 · 3 km · hallowellseafoodandproduce.com
Emery's Meat and Produce — market
Bridge Street 35, 04345 Gardiner · 9 km · emerysmeatandproduce.com
Al Naeem Market — market
Water Street 339, 04330 Augusta · 1 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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