When to plant pumpkins in Eskişehir: 10 May – 10 July

In Eskişehir, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 29 May; plant into a greenhouse from 19 April to 10 July; plant out into open ground from 10 May to 10 July.

Pumpkin in Eskişehir: soil, season and weather

In Eskişehir the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 10 May, 27 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 May, 27 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	4 November, 178 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 July – 23 September
Days left for picking	103
Daylight	12:31 on 29 March, 14:11 on 10 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Eskişehir: care after planting

Planted on 10 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

31 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 Eskişehir during the pumpkin season

About 188 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (12 mm) and May the wettest (60 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	8.6	60	11	14:21
June	26.3	12.9	37	9	14:58
July	30.3	15.2	12	3	14:44
August	30.8	15.9	12	3	13:46
September	26.3	12	12	4	12:30
October	19.9	7.3	21	4	11:12
November	13.9	2.4	34	6	10:01

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Eskişehir, Antalya is 13 days earlier and Bursa 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bursa	133 km	17 May – 11 August	7 days later
Istanbul	190 km	11 May – 31 August	1 day later
Ankara	201 km	11 May – 9 July	1 day later
Konya	272 km	28 April – 15 July	12 days earlier
Antalya	321 km	27 April – 3 September	13 days earlier
Izmir	329 km	13 May – 12 August	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Eskişehir

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 May to 10 July (from 19 April to 10 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 29 May. Within 15 km of Eskişehir OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 16 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Yenikent Pazarı — market
Şehit Yzb. T.Güngör Caddesi, 26050 Eskişehir · Sat · 2 km
Salı Pazarı — market
Tue 09:00–19:00 · 4 km
Çamlıca Kapalı Pazaryeri — market
Sat 08:00–20:00 · 5 km
Karaca Peyzaj Orman ve Süs Bitkileri — garden centre
3 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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