When to plant pumpkins in Brest (France): 20 June – 18 August

In Brest (France), pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 18 April to 7 July; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 18 August; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 18 August.

Pumpkin in Brest (France): soil, season and weather

In Brest (France) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 20 June, 119 days later.

Last spring frost	21 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 119 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	13 December, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 September – 1 November
Days left for picking	101
Daylight	14:55 on 9 May, 16:06 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 13 rainy days

The same dates in Brest (France) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Brest (France): care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 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 Brest (France) during the pumpkin season

About 703 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (65 mm) and December the wettest (143 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.3	12.2	94	14	16:05
July	20.9	13.9	65	13	15:44
August	20.8	14	71	12	14:23
September	18.9	12.6	84	14	12:39
October	15.9	10.5	116	15	10:54
November	12.6	8.1	130	17	9:15
December	10.7	6.5	143	18	8:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Brest (France), Nantes is 23 days earlier and Plymouth 27 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Quimper	52 km	15 June – 14 August	5 days earlier
Rennes	210 km	1 June – 3 August	19 days earlier
Plymouth	222 km	17 July – 6 August	27 days later
Nantes	255 km	28 May – 4 August	23 days earlier
Exeter	268 km	23 June – 2 August	3 days later
Angers	311 km	28 May – 2 August	23 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Brest (France)

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 18 August (from 30 May to 18 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 April to 7 July. Within 15 km of Brest (France) OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 22 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché de Saint-Marc — market
Place Simon · Tue 08:30–12:30 · 3 km · brest.fr
Marché de Guilers — market
Place de la Libération, 29820 Guilers · Thu 14:30–18:00 · 6 km
Marché de Saint-Renan — market
Sat 08:00–13:00 · 11 km · saint-renan.fr
Marché de Plouzane — market
Place du Commerce, 29280 Plouzané · Wed 08:30–13:00 · 8 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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