When to plant pumpkins in Brescia: 15 May – 3 August

In Brescia, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 March to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 April to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 15 May to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Azienda Agricola Val Persane (farm shop, 5 km) and Società Agricola Pedrini Pierino e Girolamo (farm shop, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Brescia: soil, season and weather

In Brescia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 May, 56 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 May, 56 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 November, 197 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 July – 17 October
Days left for picking	122
Daylight	12:52 on 3 April, 14:53 on 15 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Brescia: care after planting

Planted on 15 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 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 Brescia during the pumpkin season

About 844 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (108 mm) and May the wettest (158 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.2	12.1	158	18	14:53
June	27.1	17.3	111	12	15:40
July	29	19	113	12	15:21
August	28.9	19	119	11	14:09
September	23.7	14.7	125	10	12:35
October	18.5	10.6	110	10	11:00
November	12.1	4.9	108	11	9:32

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Brescia, Piacenza is 4 days earlier and Bergamo 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bergamo	46 km	31 May – 24 July	16 days later
Verona	62 km	29 May – 2 August	14 days later
Mantua	62 km	14 May – 3 August	1 day earlier
Piacenza	68 km	11 May – 6 August	4 days earlier
Milan	80 km	12 May – 5 August	3 days earlier
Parma	83 km	19 May – 4 August	4 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Brescia

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 May to 3 August (from 24 April to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 March to 22 June. Within 15 km of Brescia OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 5 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Azienda Agricola Val Persane — farm shop
Via Valle di Mompiano 90, 25133 Brescia · 5 km
Società Agricola Pedrini Pierino e Girolamo — farm shop
Via Fiume 10, 25060 Collebeato · 5 km
Azienda Agricola Ripa — farm shop
Via Enrico Caruso 8, 25068 Sarezzo · 14 km
Azienda Agricola Pelizzari Daniele — farm shop
Via 1850 298, 25068 Sarezzo · 14 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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