When to plant pumpkins in Cluj-Napoca: 6 June – 15 July

In Cluj-Napoca, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 April to 3 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 15 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Flower Time (garden centre, 4 km) and Nea Garden Center (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Cluj-Napoca: soil, season and weather

In Cluj-Napoca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 28 September
Days left for picking	81
Daylight	14:05 on 25 April, 15:42 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 8 rainy days

The same dates in Cluj-Napoca hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Cluj-Napoca: 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 Cluj-Napoca during the pumpkin season

About 410 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (48 mm) and June the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.6	14	103	14	15:50
July	26.1	15.2	83	12	15:31
August	26.8	15.3	57	8	14:15
September	21.7	11.4	64	8	12:37
October	15.8	6.2	48	8	10:58
November	9.5	2	55	10	9:25

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Cluj-Napoca, Uzhhorod is 10 days earlier and Drohobych 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mukachevo	197 km	11 June – 28 June	5 days later
Uzhhorod	227 km	27 May – 6 July	10 days earlier
Chernivtsi	245 km	2 June – 26 June	4 days earlier
Ivano-Frankivsk	253 km	5 June – 25 June	1 day earlier
Kalush	257 km	11 June – 25 June	5 days later
Drohobych	287 km	12 June – 26 June	6 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Cluj-Napoca

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 15 July (from 16 May to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 April to 3 June. Within 15 km of Cluj-Napoca OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 13 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Piața Apahida — market
14 km
Piața 1 Mai — market
3 km
Nea Garden Center — garden centre
Strada Avram Iancu 322, Florești · 7 km
Flower Time — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00; public holidays closed · 4 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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