When to plant pumpkins in Diyarbakır: 1 May – 31 July

In Diyarbakır, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 27 February to 19 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 April to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 1 May to 31 July.

Pumpkin in Diyarbakır: soil, season and weather

In Diyarbakır the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 May, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	22 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 May, 40 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	25 November, 208 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	133
Daylight	12:07 on 20 March, 13:45 on 1 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Diyarbakır: care after planting

Planted on 1 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 May — 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 Diyarbakır during the pumpkin season

About 168 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (0 mm) and May the wettest (62 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	26.4	12.3	62	9	14:12
June	34.3	18.8	4	1	14:47
July	38.8	23.4	0	0	14:33
August	39.1	23	0	0	13:39
September	33.9	18	2	1	12:28
October	26.1	11.6	38	4	11:16
November	16.9	4.8	62	7	10:09

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Diyarbakır, Gaziantep is 16 days earlier and Erzurum 41 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Erzurum	240 km	11 June – 21 June	41 days later
Gaziantep	269 km	15 April – 29 August	16 days earlier
Van	282 km	5 June – 4 July	35 days later
Trabzon	348 km	5 May – 18 August	4 days later
Kayseri	424 km	20 May – 16 July	19 days later
Batumi	432 km	13 May – 18 August	12 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Diyarbakır

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 May to 31 July (from 10 April to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 February to 19 June. Within 15 km of Diyarbakır OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Turgut Özal Yeraltı Çarşısı — market
0 km
Kapalı Pazar Yeri — market
12 km
Selahadini Eyübi Çarşısı — market
1 km
Diyarbakır Açık Oto Pazarı — market
9 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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