When to plant pumpkins in Ferrara: 13 May – 3 August

In Ferrara, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Azienda Agricola "Le Delizie Pronte a Tavola" (farm shop, 2 km) and La Campanella (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Ferrara: soil, season and weather

In Ferrara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 13 May, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	21 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 May, 53 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 November, 199 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 July – 17 October
Days left for picking	124
Daylight	12:45 on 1 April, 14:44 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ferrara: care after planting

Planted on 13 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 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 Ferrara during the pumpkin season

About 523 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (57 mm) and May the wettest (119 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23	12.8	119	14	14:49
June	29.6	18.2	57	8	15:34
July	32.1	20.4	59	8	15:16
August	31.6	20	58	8	14:06
September	26.2	15.8	82	8	12:35
October	20.8	11.4	63	9	11:02
November	13.7	5.9	85	11	9:36

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Ferrara; the closest date is in Modena, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bologna	45 km	16 May – 4 August	3 days later
Modena	58 km	14 May – 5 August	1 day later
Ravenna	66 km	15 May – 17 August	2 days later
Padua	67 km	15 May – 3 August	2 days later
Mantua	74 km	14 May – 3 August	1 day later
Vicenza	79 km	24 May – 30 July	11 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ferrara

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 3 August (from 22 April to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 22 June. Within 15 km of Ferrara OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 market and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Zucchini Garden — garden centre
5 km
Mercato dell'Acquedotto — market
Piazza XXIV Maggio, 44121 Ferrara · Thu 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
Azienda Agricola "Le Delizie Pronte a Tavola" — farm shop
Via della Canapa 72, 44122 Ferrara · 2 km
La Campanella — farm shop
Via Provinciale 28, Voghiera · 12 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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