When to plant pumpkins in Bruges: 15 June – 5 August

In Bruges, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 24 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 5 August.

Pumpkin in Bruges: soil, season and weather

In Bruges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 June, 80 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 80 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 August – 19 October
Days left for picking	93
Daylight	14:58 on 4 May, 16:33 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bruges: care after planting

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

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

6 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 Bruges during the pumpkin season

About 435 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (61 mm) and November the wettest (90 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.3	12.9	63	11	16:33
July	21.5	14.5	61	12	16:09
August	22	14.8	67	12	14:38
September	19.8	12.7	72	13	12:42
October	15.8	10	82	13	10:46
November	10.6	5.7	90	15	8:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Bruges; the closest date is in Lille, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ghent	39 km	31 May – 30 July	15 days earlier
Lille	65 km	11 June – 27 July	4 days earlier
Antwerp	82 km	31 May – 28 July	15 days earlier
Brussels	89 km	8 June – 28 July	7 days earlier
Mons	99 km	10 June – 25 July	5 days earlier
Leuven	110 km	31 May – 28 July	15 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bruges

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 5 August (from 25 May to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 24 June. Within 15 km of Bruges OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 7 plant nurseries, 1 market and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Sterken — plant nursery
12 km · sterken.be
Boomkwekerij Standaert — plant nursery
7 km
Boomkwekerij Vankeirsbilck — plant nursery
12 km
De Kruiderie — 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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