When to plant pumpkins in Bydgoszcz: 6 June – 18 July

In Bydgoszcz, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 April to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 18 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Szkółka Krzewów Ozdobnych (garden centre, 3 km) and Szkółka Krzewów Ozdobnych A.W.Uzdowscy (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Bydgoszcz: soil, season and weather

In Bydgoszcz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 June, 47 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 47 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 November, 159 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 1 October
Days left for picking	84
Daylight	14:36 on 25 April, 16:45 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bydgoszcz: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 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 Bydgoszcz during the pumpkin season

About 377 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (40 mm) and July the wettest (94 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24	13.4	70	10	16:55
July	24	14.5	94	13	16:29
August	24.4	14.6	64	9	14:49
September	20.1	11.4	51	8	12:45
October	13.9	7	58	11	10:41
November	7.3	2.4	40	9	8:42

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Bydgoszcz, Toruń is 3 days earlier and Gdańsk 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toruń	41 km	3 June – 18 July	3 days earlier
Poznań	107 km	6 June – 22 July	same day
Gdańsk	143 km	15 June – 25 July	9 days later
Gdynia	159 km	7 June – 25 July	1 day later
Olsztyn	179 km	9 June – 22 July	3 days later
Łódź	180 km	6 June – 10 July	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bydgoszcz

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 18 July (from 16 May to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 April to 6 June. Within 15 km of Bydgoszcz OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries and 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Szkółka Krzewów Ozdobnych — garden centre
Łęczycka, Bydgoszcz · 3 km · wojtekogrodnik.pl
Szkółka Krzewów Ozdobnych A.W.Uzdowscy — garden centre
Apr 01 -Oct 31 Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00; Sat 10:00–14:00 · 6 km · uzdowscy.pl
Zara — garden centre
Rekinowa 12/13, 85-435 Bydgoszcz · 8 km
Avocado — garden centre
Wiejska 1, 86-050 Solec Kujawski · 15 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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