When to plant pumpkins in Dundalk: 17 July – 26 July

In Dundalk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 15 May to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 17 July to 26 July.

Pumpkin in Dundalk: soil, season and weather

In Dundalk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 17 July, 119 days later. 126 days separate planting out (17 July) from the first autumn frost (20 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 51 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 July, 119 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 November, 126 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	51
Daylight	16:54 on 5 June, 16:34 on 17 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 15 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Dundalk: care after planting

Planted on 17 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 August — 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 Dundalk during the pumpkin season

About 478 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (88 mm) and September the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	19	12.1	88	15	16:39
August	18.7	12	98	15	14:55
September	16.5	10.1	103	15	12:46
October	13.5	8.2	98	15	10:38
November	10	5	91	14	8:35

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Dundalk; the closest date is in Dublin, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dublin	73 km	16 July – 30 July	1 day earlier
Belfast	73 km	7 July – 25 July	10 days earlier
Athlone	120 km	13 July – 1 August	4 days earlier
Derry	126 km	13 July – 27 July	4 days earlier
Letterkenny	137 km	7 July – 3 August	10 days earlier
Sligo	138 km	30 June – 27 July	17 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Dundalk

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 July to 26 July (from 26 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 May to 14 June. Within 15 km of Dundalk OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Carrive Grove Garden Centre — garden centre
10 km
Corderry Fruit Farm — farm supply
9 km · corderry.ie
Killeavy Castle Farm Store — farm shop
14 km
Meigh Farm Shop — farm shop
14 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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