When to plant pumpkins in Dundee: 21 July – 29 August

In Dundee, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 19 May to 18 July; plant into a greenhouse from 30 June to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 21 July to 29 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include The Village Garden Centre (garden centre, 6 km) and Dobbies (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Dundee: soil, season and weather

In Dundee the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 21 July, 84 days later. 114 days separate planting out (21 July) from the first autumn frost (12 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 39 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 July, 84 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 November, 114 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 October – 12 November
Days left for picking	39
Daylight	17:34 on 9 June, 16:51 on 21 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 13 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Dundee: care after planting

Planted on 21 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 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 Dundee during the pumpkin season

About 447 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (71 mm) and October the wettest (114 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.3	11.1	87	16	17:10
August	17.8	10.9	87	14	15:12
September	15.7	9.1	71	13	12:50
October	12.1	6.5	114	15	10:29
November	8.2	3.1	88	13	8:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Dundee's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Perth (United Kingdom)	29 km	19 July – 28 August	2 days earlier
Edinburgh	59 km	6 July – 15 July	15 days earlier
Stirling	71 km	11 July – 15 July	10 days earlier
Aberdeen	91 km	19 July – 26 July	2 days earlier
Glasgow	104 km	21 July – 28 August	same day
Inverness	135 km	17 July – 19 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Dundee

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 July to 29 August (from 30 June to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 May to 18 July. Within 15 km of Dundee OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Grewar's Farm Shop — farm shop
7 km · grewar.com
Balhungie Berries — farm shop
11 km
Dobbies — garden centre
Ethiebeaton Park, DD5 4HB Dundee · 9 km · dobbies.com
The Village Garden Centre — garden centre
Brook Street, Dundee · 6 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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