When to plant pumpkins in Częstochowa: 5 June – 16 July

In Częstochowa, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 3 April to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 16 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include PTS Konwój s.j. Skład Kamienia (garden centre, 6 km) and Tomżyński Szkółka Roślin (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Częstochowa: soil, season and weather

In Częstochowa the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 5 June, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 June, 44 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 November, 158 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 August – 29 September
Days left for picking	83
Daylight	14:20 on 24 April, 16:18 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Częstochowa: care after planting

Planted on 5 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

26 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 Częstochowa during the pumpkin season

About 439 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (51 mm) and July the wettest (95 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	13.2	70	12	16:29
July	24.2	14.3	95	14	16:05
August	24.4	14.5	81	11	14:36
September	19.8	10.8	78	11	12:42
October	14.1	6.4	64	12	10:47
November	7.5	1.8	51	10	8:59

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Częstochowa, Opole is 3 days earlier and Ostrava 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Katowice	62 km	6 June – 22 July	1 day later
Opole	85 km	2 June – 24 July	3 days earlier
Kraków	102 km	6 June – 7 July	1 day later
Kielce	106 km	7 June – 10 July	2 days later
Łódź	108 km	6 June – 10 July	1 day later
Ostrava	126 km	8 June – 15 July	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Częstochowa

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 16 July (from 15 May to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 April to 4 June. Within 15 km of Częstochowa OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 6 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Tomżyński Szkółka Roślin — garden centre
Leśna 28, 42-271 Częstochowa · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 · 7 km · tomzynski.pl
PTS Konwój s.j. Skład Kamienia — garden centre
Bugajska 15, 42-208 Częstochowa · 6 km
Market na Czerwonym — market
Aleja Wolności 12, 42-217 Częstochowa · Mon–Thu 06:00–18:00; Fri 06:00–15:00 · 0 km · facebook.com
Giełda Kwiatów WSOP Częstochowa — market
Radomska 14, 42-221 Częstochowa · Mon, Wed, Fri 03:30–10:00 · 5 km · wsop.com.pl

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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