When to plant pumpkins in Fort Wayne: 21 May – 8 July

In Fort Wayne, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 19 March to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 30 April to 8 July; plant out into open ground from 21 May to 8 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Stuckey's Greenhouses INC. (garden centre, 3 km) and More Farm Store (farm supply, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Fort Wayne: soil, season and weather

In Fort Wayne the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 21 May, 27 days later.

Last spring frost	24 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 May, 27 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 November, 165 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 August – 21 September
Days left for picking	90
Daylight	13:01 on 9 April, 14:39 on 21 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Fort Wayne: care after planting

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

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

11 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 Fort Wayne during the pumpkin season

About 581 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (62 mm) and May the wettest (108 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.7	11.1	108	13	14:28
June	27.2	16.9	95	12	15:07
July	28.6	18.9	97	13	14:52
August	27.6	17.8	75	11	13:51
September	25.1	15	64	8	12:31
October	18.2	8.9	80	11	11:10
November	10.1	1.8	62	9	9:55

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Fort Wayne, Dayton is 5 days earlier and Ann Arbor 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toledo (United States)	148 km	24 May – 13 July	3 days later
Dayton	167 km	16 May – 15 July	5 days earlier
Indianapolis	169 km	16 May – 12 July	5 days earlier
Ann Arbor	176 km	29 May – 11 July	8 days later
Lansing	187 km	28 May – 8 July	7 days later
Grand Rapids	214 km	28 May – 9 July	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Fort Wayne

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 May to 8 July (from 30 April to 8 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 March to 27 May. Within 15 km of Fort Wayne OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Schmucker's Produce And Greenhouse — farm shop
15 km
Stuckey's Greenhouses INC. — garden centre
Tyler Avenue 1919, 46808 Fort Wayne · 3 km
More Farm Store — farm supply
North Clinton Street 8029 · 9 km
Historic West Main Street Farmers Market — market
Fri 15:00–19:00 · 2 km · facebook.com

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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