When to plant pumpkins in Bergamo: 31 May – 24 July

In Bergamo, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 24 July.

Pumpkin in Bergamo: soil, season and weather

In Bergamo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 55 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 171 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	96
Daylight	13:42 on 19 April, 15:26 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bergamo: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 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 Bergamo during the pumpkin season

About 1232 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (133 mm) and May the wettest (210 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19	9.9	210	21	14:54
June	24.5	14.9	178	16	15:41
July	26.4	16.7	193	17	15:23
August	26.2	16.8	176	15	14:10
September	21.5	12.6	181	14	12:35
October	16.9	8.7	161	13	11:00
November	10.9	3.3	133	11	9:31

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Bergamo, Piacenza is 20 days earlier and Bellinzona 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Brescia	46 km	15 May – 3 August	16 days earlier
Milan	46 km	12 May – 5 August	19 days earlier
Como	47 km	29 May – 29 July	2 days earlier
Lugano	65 km	29 May – 10 August	2 days earlier
Piacenza	72 km	11 May – 6 August	20 days earlier
Bellinzona	74 km	19 June – 21 July	19 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bergamo

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 24 July (from 10 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 12 June. Within 15 km of Bergamo OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 6 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivai Cattaneo — plant nursery
5 km
Vivaio Madaschi — plant nursery
9 km
Zanardi Loretta — plant nursery
11 km
Floricoltura Medici — plant nursery
12 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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