When to plant pumpkins in Dijon: 31 May – 25 July

In Dijon, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 13 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 25 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Ferme d'Étaules (farm shop, 12 km) and Au fil des cueillettes (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Dijon: soil, season and weather

In Dijon 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 31 May, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 49 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 November, 172 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 8 October
Days left for picking	97
Daylight	13:48 on 19 April, 15:38 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Dijon: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 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 Dijon during the pumpkin season

About 515 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (59 mm) and October the wettest (90 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.9	9.4	78	12	15:04
June	24.4	14.1	89	13	15:55
July	26.1	15.5	59	9	15:35
August	26.4	15.5	60	8	14:17
September	21.9	12.1	61	9	12:37
October	16.6	8.6	90	12	10:56
November	9.9	3.6	78	12	9:22

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Dijon; the closest date is in Troyes, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Besançon	74 km	3 June – 24 July	3 days later
Troyes	130 km	2 June – 24 July	2 days later
Neuchâtel	148 km	6 June – 3 August	6 days later
Lausanne	150 km	19 June – 26 July	19 days later
Geneva	150 km	8 June – 23 July	8 days later
Fribourg	170 km	21 June – 12 July	21 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Dijon

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 25 July (from 10 May to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 13 June. Within 15 km of Dijon OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 11 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Au fil des cueillettes — farm shop · sells: vegetables
Route d'Ancey 20 · 14 km
La Ferme d'Étaules — farm shop
Rue Jean Nibet, 21121 Étaules · 12 km
Le Champ des Sourires — garden centre
3 km · lechampdessourires.fr
Aubry Horticulture — garden centre
3 km · sites.google.com

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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