When to plant pumpkins in Charleroi: 10 June – 21 July

In Charleroi, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 8 April to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 20 May to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 10 June to 21 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Les Fraises du Village (farm shop, 8 km) and Ferme des Monts (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Charleroi: soil, season and weather

In Charleroi the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 10 June, 58 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 June, 58 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	15 November, 158 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 August – 4 October
Days left for picking	83
Daylight	14:36 on 29 April, 16:20 on 10 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Charleroi: care after planting

Planted on 10 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 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 Charleroi during the pumpkin season

About 418 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (58 mm) and June the wettest (78 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.8	12.4	78	11	16:25
July	22.9	13.5	71	11	16:02
August	23.3	13.9	58	12	14:33
September	20	11.4	65	10	12:41
October	15.3	8.8	78	13	10:48
November	9.7	4.3	68	13	9:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Charleroi, Hasselt is 11 days earlier and Namur 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Namur	31 km	11 June – 21 July	1 day later
Mons	35 km	10 June – 25 July	same day
Brussels	49 km	8 June – 28 July	2 days earlier
Leuven	55 km	31 May – 28 July	10 days earlier
Liège	84 km	4 June – 25 July	6 days earlier
Hasselt	86 km	30 May – 24 July	11 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Charleroi

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 June to 21 July (from 20 May to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 April to 9 June. Within 15 km of Charleroi OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Ferme des Monts — farm shop
Rue des Monts 51, 6120 Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · 24/7 · 9 km · lafermedesmonts.be
La Chèvrerie du Moulin — farm shop
Rue de Moncheret 2, 6280 · Tue–Sun 10:00–17:30 · 9 km · facebook.com
La ferme du Pavé — farm shop
Rue de Thuin 50, 6534 Gozée · 11 km · lafermedupave.be
Les Fraises du Village — farm shop
Rue du Godiassau 47, 6280 Gerpinnes · 8 km · fraisesduvillage.be

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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