When to plant pumpkins in Carlisle: 15 July – 21 July

In Carlisle, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 May to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 June to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 15 July to 21 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Houghton Hall Garden Centre (garden centre, 5 km) and Aero Nurseries Garden & Aquatic Centre (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Carlisle: soil, season and weather

In Carlisle the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 July, 80 days later. 123 days separate planting out (15 July) from the first autumn frost (15 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 48 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 July, 80 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	15 November, 123 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 September – 4 October
Days left for picking	48
Daylight	17:01 on 3 June, 16:49 on 15 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 15 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Carlisle: care after planting

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

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

5 August — 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 Carlisle during the pumpkin season

About 629 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (112 mm) and August the wettest (136 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	19.1	11.9	132	18	16:49
August	18.6	11.8	136	18	15:01
September	16.6	9.9	118	17	12:48
October	13.2	7.5	131	17	10:35
November	9.3	3.8	112	15	8:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Carlisle, Leeds is 20 days earlier and Glasgow 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Newcastle upon Tyne	86 km	26 June – 26 July	19 days earlier
Edinburgh	119 km	6 July – 15 July	9 days earlier
Glasgow	136 km	21 July – 28 August	6 days later
Bradford	145 km	27 June – 24 July	18 days earlier
Stirling	151 km	11 July – 15 July	4 days earlier
Leeds	151 km	25 June – 29 July	20 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Carlisle

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 July to 21 July (from 24 June to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 May to 9 June. Within 15 km of Carlisle OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Tynedale Agrishop — farm supply
14 km
Eden Food Hall and Butchers — farm shop
5 km
Houghton Hall Garden Centre — garden centre
Mon–Wed, Fri, Sat 09:00–18:00; Thu 09:00–19:30; Sun 10:30–16:30 · 5 km
Aero Nurseries Garden & Aquatic Centre — garden centre
Harker Road Ends, CA6 4HQ Carlisle · 6 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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