When to plant pumpkins in Dresden: 5 June – 24 July

In Dresden, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 3 April to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 24 July.

Pumpkin in Dresden: soil, season and weather

In Dresden the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 5 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 166 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	91
Daylight	14:22 on 24 April, 16:20 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Dresden: 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 Dresden during the pumpkin season

About 389 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (49 mm) and July the wettest (72 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.1	13.7	65	12	16:31
July	24.8	14.8	72	12	16:08
August	24.9	14.9	65	11	14:37
September	20.6	11.3	68	10	12:42
October	15.2	7.8	70	13	10:47
November	8.6	2.6	49	11	8:57

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Dresden, Prague is 2 days earlier and Ústí nad Labem 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ústí nad Labem	48 km	22 June – 18 July	17 days later
Liberec	98 km	22 June – 7 July	17 days later
Leipzig	101 km	5 June – 23 July	same day
Prague	119 km	3 June – 14 July	2 days earlier
Plzeň	147 km	18 June – 11 July	13 days later
Potsdam	157 km	3 June – 27 July	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Dresden

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 24 July (from 15 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 April to 12 June. Within 15 km of Dresden OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 12 plant nurseries, 23 markets and 34 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Stralsunder Straße — market
Stralsunder Straße, 01109 Dresden · Apr 05–Oct 24: Thu 08:00–16:00 · 8 km · dresden.de
Wochenmarkt Alaunplatz — market
Thu 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 3 km · dresden.de
Münchner Platz — market
Apr 05–Oct 24: Wed 08:00–13:00 · 3 km · dresden.de
Sachsenmarkt - Lingnerallee — market
Fri 08:00–16:00 · 1 km · dresden.de

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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