When to plant pumpkins in Bradford: 27 June – 24 July

In Bradford, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 24 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Lane End Farm Shop (farm shop, 6 km) and Horsforth Pick Your Own (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Bradford: soil, season and weather

In Bradford 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 27 June, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 73 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 September – 7 October
Days left for picking	69
Daylight	15:58 on 16 May, 17:04 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bradford: care after planting

Planted on 27 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 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 Bradford during the pumpkin season

About 480 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (67 mm) and October the wettest (96 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.5	10.3	77	13	17:04
July	19.9	12.3	79	15	16:36
August	19.4	12.2	67	12	14:54
September	17	10.1	82	13	12:46
October	13.2	7.6	96	15	10:38
November	9.1	4.1	79	14	8:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Bradford, Liverpool is 10 days earlier and Sheffield 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leeds	13 km	25 June – 29 July	2 days earlier
Manchester	47 km	28 June – 20 July	1 day later
York	48 km	26 June – 20 July	1 day earlier
Sheffield	49 km	29 June – 28 July	2 days later
Stoke-on-Trent	89 km	20 June – 21 July	7 days earlier
Liverpool	92 km	17 June – 1 August	10 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bradford

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 24 July (from 6 June to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 12 June. Within 15 km of Bradford OpenStreetMap lists 25 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 14 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Lane End Farm Shop — farm shop
Westgate Hill Street 109, BD4 0SF Bradford · Wed–Fri 09:00–17:30; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun 10:00–16:00 · 6 km · laneendfarmshop.co.uk
Broster's of Lindley Moor — farm shop
Haigh House Hill, HD3 3SZ Huddersfield · Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00; Sat 08:00–16:30; Sun 09:30–15:30 · 15 km · brostersfarmshop.co.uk
Horsforth Pick Your Own — farm shop
Calverley Lane, LS18 4EB Leeds · Jun–Aug: Mon–Sun, public holidays 10:00–19:00 "Typically open from early June to early August, closes if there's persistent rain"; Sept–May: closed · 8 km · horsforthpickyourown.co.uk
The Spring Head — farm shop
Heath Hill Road 33, HX2 0UT Halifax · 12 km · springheadhalifax.com

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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