When to plant pumpkins in Ettelbruck: 6 June – 21 July

In Ettelbruck, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 April to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 21 July.

Pumpkin in Ettelbruck: soil, season and weather

In Ettelbruck the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 June, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 40 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	15 November, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 4 October
Days left for picking	87
Daylight	14:19 on 25 April, 16:10 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ettelbruck: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 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 Ettelbruck during the pumpkin season

About 447 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (61 mm) and October the wettest (86 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.4	12.1	77	12	16:19
July	23.2	12.9	67	11	15:56
August	23.5	13.3	61	10	14:30
September	19.5	10	76	10	12:40
October	14.5	7.2	86	13	10:50
November	8.3	2.8	80	13	9:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ettelbruck, Saarbrücken is 3 days earlier and Esch-sur-Alzette 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Luxembourg	27 km	7 June – 24 July	1 day later
Esch-sur-Alzette	40 km	15 June – 24 July	9 days later
Metz	81 km	4 June – 23 July	2 days earlier
Saarbrücken	93 km	3 June – 24 July	3 days earlier
Liège	95 km	4 June – 25 July	2 days earlier
Namur	111 km	11 June – 21 July	5 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ettelbruck

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 21 July (from 16 May to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 April to 9 June. Within 15 km of Ettelbruck OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Blaschenterhecken — plant nursery
15 km
Philippe Loschetter — plant nursery
15 km
Barenbrug — farm supply
3 km
Marché couvert — market
10 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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