When to plant pumpkins in Burlington: 1 June – 9 July

In Burlington, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 28 May; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 9 July; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 9 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Adam's Farm Market (farm shop, 11 km) and Paul Mazza's Fruit & Vegetables (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Burlington: soil, season and weather

In Burlington the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 June, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 40 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 November, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 22 September
Days left for picking	80
Daylight	13:41 on 20 April, 15:18 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Burlington: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 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 Burlington during the pumpkin season

About 635 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (78 mm) and October the wettest (126 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.3	14.7	112	13	15:32
July	27.3	18.4	109	13	15:14
August	26	17.6	114	13	14:05
September	22.3	14	78	9	12:34
October	15.6	8.3	126	14	11:03
November	7.3	0.8	96	14	9:38

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Burlington, Montreal is 2 days earlier and Montpelier 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Montpelier	57 km	20 June – 22 June	19 days later
Montreal	117 km	30 May – 7 July	2 days earlier
Sherbrooke	146 km	18 June – 2 July	17 days later
Concord	195 km	1 June – 6 July	same day
Albany	208 km	30 May – 12 July	2 days earlier
Trois-Rivières	213 km	31 May – 4 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Burlington

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 9 July (from 11 May to 9 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 28 May. Within 15 km of Burlington OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 3 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Family Cow Farmstand — farm shop
Shelburne Falls Road 2386, 05461 Hinesburg · Mon–Sun 07:00–20:00 · 14 km · familycowfarmstand.com
Paul Mazza's Fruit & Vegetables — farm shop
River Road 182, 05452 Essex Junction · 12 km · paulmazzas.com
Adam's Farm Market — farm shop
Old Stage Road 986, Williston · 11 km
Isham Family Farm — farm shop
Oak Hill Road 3466, Williston · 13 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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