When to plant pumpkins in České Budějovice: 18 June – 12 July

In České Budějovice, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 16 April to 31 May; plant into a greenhouse from 28 May to 12 July; plant out into open ground from 18 June to 12 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include AZ Centrum (farm supply, 3 km) and KAMÍR a Co spol. s r.o. (farm supply, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in České Budějovice: soil, season and weather

In České Budějovice the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 18 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	18 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 June, 61 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	6 November, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 September – 25 September
Days left for picking	66
Daylight	14:53 on 7 May, 16:12 on 18 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in České Budějovice: care after planting

Planted on 18 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 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 České Budějovice during the pumpkin season

About 419 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (49 mm) and June the wettest (87 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.4	12.7	87	13	16:10
July	24.3	13.9	76	12	15:49
August	24.4	13.9	87	11	14:26
September	19.9	10.2	70	10	12:39
October	14.8	6.1	50	10	10:52
November	7.7	1.1	49	10	9:11

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share České Budějovice's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Linz	75 km	4 June – 18 July	14 days earlier
Plzeň	117 km	18 June – 11 July	same day
Prague	123 km	3 June – 14 July	15 days earlier
Pardubice	152 km	5 June – 16 July	13 days earlier
Brno	158 km	6 June – 12 July	12 days earlier
Vienna	163 km	8 June – 18 July	10 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near České Budějovice

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 June to 12 July (from 28 May to 12 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 April to 31 May. Within 15 km of České Budějovice OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Zahradní centrun — garden centre
3 km
AZ Centrum — farm supply
U Sirkárny 30, 37004 České Budějovice · Mon–Fri 7:30–16:30, Sat 8:00–12:00 · 3 km
KAMÍR a Co spol. s r.o. — farm supply
Mon, Thu, Tue, Fri 8:00–16:00, Wed 8:00–17:00 · 13 km
Trhy na Piaristickém náměstí — market
Thu; Sat 07:00–10:00 · 1 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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