When to plant pumpkins in Coventry: 21 June – 23 July

In Coventry, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 19 April to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 31 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 21 June to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include The Cowshed Butchery at Gorse Farm Shop (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Coventry: soil, season and weather

In Coventry the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 21 June, 70 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 June, 70 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 September – 6 October
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	15:27 on 10 May, 16:49 on 21 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Coventry: care after planting

Planted on 21 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

12 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 Coventry during the pumpkin season

About 419 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (61 mm) and November the wettest (76 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.6	10.9	68	11	16:47
July	21.4	12.9	70	12	16:21
August	21	12.6	61	11	14:45
September	18.4	10.5	70	12	12:44
October	14.2	8	74	13	10:43
November	9.8	4.4	76	12	8:47

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Coventry, Worcester is 2 days earlier and Oxford 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Birmingham	27 km	20 June – 25 July	1 day earlier
Leicester	36 km	21 June – 25 July	same day
Worcester	54 km	19 June – 28 July	2 days earlier
Derby	57 km	22 June – 28 July	1 day later
Nottingham	65 km	20 June – 29 July	1 day earlier
Oxford	75 km	23 June – 29 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Coventry

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 June to 23 July (from 31 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 April to 11 June. Within 15 km of Coventry OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Wood's Mini Market — market
Woodway Lane 142, Coventry · Sun 09:46–12:00; Mon 00:00–21:38, 22:46–24:00, Tue 22:46–24:00; Wed 22:46–24:00; Thu 22:46–24:00; Fri 22:46–24:00; Sat 09:46–12:00 · 5 km
The Cowshed Butchery at Gorse Farm Shop — farm shop
Lutterworth Road, CV11 6QL Nuneaton · Mon closed; Tue 06:00–16:00; Wed 06:00–17:00; Thu–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 09:30–14:30 · 12 km · gorsefarmshop.wixsite.com
Kenpas Nurseries — garden centre
3 km
Leasowes Nursery — garden centre
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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