When to plant pumpkins in Avignon: 18 May – 7 August

In Avignon, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 16 March to 26 June; plant into a greenhouse from 27 April to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 18 May to 7 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Le Mass (farm shop, 3 km) and Ferme de la Durette (farm shop, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Avignon: soil, season and weather

In Avignon the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 18 May, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	16 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 May, 91 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 December, 198 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 21 October
Days left for picking	123
Daylight	12:59 on 6 April, 14:50 on 18 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Avignon: care after planting

Planted on 18 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 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 Avignon during the pumpkin season

About 572 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (20 mm) and October the wettest (116 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.8	12.6	83	9	14:44
June	28.8	17.6	46	8	15:27
July	31.7	20.1	20	3	15:10
August	31.3	19.6	42	4	14:02
September	25.9	15.7	87	6	12:34
October	20.7	12	116	9	11:04
November	14.2	7	106	10	9:40
December	11	4	72	9	8:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Avignon, Montpellier is 10 days earlier and Grenoble 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nîmes	38 km	17 May – 6 August	1 day earlier
Montpellier	84 km	8 May – 2 September	10 days earlier
Marseille	85 km	from 10 May	8 days earlier
Valence	109 km	29 May – 27 July	11 days later
Grenoble	156 km	28 June – 30 June	41 days later
Saint-Étienne	169 km	14 June – 23 July	27 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Avignon

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 May to 7 August (from 27 April to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 March to 26 June. Within 15 km of Avignon OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Moulin à huile de Barbentane — farm shop · sells: olive
Route d'Avignon 1231, 13570 Barbentane · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 6 km · moulin-barbentane.com
Le Mass — farm shop
Avenue de Tarascon 183, 84000 · Tue–Fri 15:00–19:00; Sat 10:00–18:00 · 3 km · facebook.com
En direct de nos Fermes — farm shop
Rue Félicien Florent, 84140 Avignon · 24/7 · 7 km · drive-fermier.fr
Ferme de la Durette — farm shop
Chemin des Semailles 556 · Tt 12:00–19:00 · 6 km · fermedeladurette.fr

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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