When to plant pumpkins in Boise: 7 May – 2 July

In Boise, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 5 March to 21 May; plant into a greenhouse from 16 April to 2 July; plant out into open ground from 7 May to 2 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include North End Organic Nursery (garden centre, 4 km) and Zamzows (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Boise: soil, season and weather

In Boise the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 7 May, 22 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 May, 22 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	27 October, 173 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 July – 15 September
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	12:25 on 26 March, 14:23 on 7 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Boise: care after planting

Planted on 7 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 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 Boise during the pumpkin season

About 111 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and May the wettest (42 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23	9.1	42	8	14:42
June	29	13.9	22	4	15:25
July	35.1	19.2	3	1	15:08
August	33.7	18.1	6	1	14:01
September	27.9	13.1	12	3	12:33
October	18.2	6.3	26	5	11:05

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Boise; the closest date is in Salt Lake City, 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Elko	310 km	20 May – 18 June	13 days later
Idaho Falls	336 km	4 June – 19 June	28 days later
Missoula	400 km	30 June – 23 July	54 days later
Spokane	460 km	22 May – 20 June	15 days later
Helena	466 km	3 July – 20 July	57 days later
Salt Lake City	476 km	19 May – 1 July	12 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Boise

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 May to 2 July (from 16 April to 2 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 March to 21 May. Within 15 km of Boise OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops and 1 plant nursery (collected 20 October 2026).

Zamzows — farm supply
West State Street 6208, 83703 Boise · 8 km
Zamzows — garden centre
South Federal Way 3691, 83716 Boise · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sun 22:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–18:00 · 5 km
North End Organic Nursery — garden centre
West Chinden Boulevard 3777, 83714 Garden City · 4 km
Zamzows — garden centre
West Fairview Avenue 6313, 83704 Boise · 5 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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