When to plant pumpkins in Esch-sur-Alzette: 15 June – 24 July

In Esch-sur-Alzette, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 24 July.

Pumpkin in Esch-sur-Alzette: soil, season and weather

In Esch-sur-Alzette 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 15 June, 60 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 60 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	81
Daylight	14:47 on 4 May, 16:15 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

The same dates in Esch-sur-Alzette hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Esch-sur-Alzette: care after planting

Planted on 15 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

6 July — 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 Esch-sur-Alzette during the pumpkin season

About 439 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (60 mm) and October the wettest (86 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.2	12.6	71	11	16:15
July	23.2	13.6	67	11	15:53
August	23.5	14	60	11	14:28
September	19.6	10.7	78	11	12:40
October	14.6	7.6	86	13	10:51
November	8.4	3.1	77	13	9:08

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Esch-sur-Alzette; the closest date is in Luxembourg, 8 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Luxembourg	16 km	7 June – 24 July	8 days earlier
Ettelbruck	40 km	6 June – 21 July	9 days earlier
Metz	45 km	4 June – 23 July	11 days earlier
Saarbrücken	79 km	3 June – 24 July	12 days earlier
Nancy	92 km	3 June – 23 July	12 days earlier
Liège	129 km	4 June – 25 July	11 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Esch-sur-Alzette

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 24 July (from 25 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 12 June. Within 15 km of Esch-sur-Alzette OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Pépinière Jean Paul Krämer — plant nursery
9 km
Biohaff Witry — farm shop
10 km · biohaff-witry.lu
Ferme les Bleuets — farm shop
14 km · ferme-les-bleuets.be
Holstein Bosseler Limpach — farm shop · sells: milk, eggs
7 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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