When to plant pumpkins in Frankfort: 13 May – 9 July

In Frankfort, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 28 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 9 July; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 9 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Buckmeadow Farms (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Frankfort: soil, season and weather

In Frankfort the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 13 May, 31 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 May, 31 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 November, 174 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 July – 22 September
Days left for picking	99
Daylight	12:37 on 1 April, 14:10 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Frankfort: 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 Frankfort during the pumpkin season

About 705 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (81 mm) and July the wettest (129 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23.8	13.2	122	15	14:14
June	28.6	17.6	111	13	14:48
July	30.3	20.1	129	14	14:35
August	29.4	19	89	12	13:40
September	27.2	16.2	81	8	12:28
October	20.9	10.3	88	9	11:15
November	13.2	3.5	85	9	10:08

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Frankfort, Bowling Green is 9 days earlier and Dayton 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lexington	41 km	15 May – 13 July	2 days later
Louisville	78 km	7 May – 17 July	6 days earlier
Cincinnati	108 km	13 May – 15 July	same day
Dayton	183 km	16 May – 15 July	3 days later
Bowling Green	194 km	4 May – 16 July	9 days earlier
Indianapolis	207 km	16 May – 12 July	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Frankfort

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 9 July (from 22 April to 9 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 28 May. Within 15 km of Frankfort OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Franklin County Farmers Market Shelter — market
Holmes Street 203, 40601 Frankfort · Apr–Nov Sat 08:30–12:00; May–Sept Tue 08:30–12:00 · 0 km · franklincountyfarmersmarket.org
Old Farmer's Market shelter — market
West Broadway Street 512, 40601 Frankfort · 1 km
Buckmeadow Farms — farm shop
Ninevah Road 1323, 40342 · Sat 10:00–19:00; Sun 00:00–17:00 · 14 km · buckmeadowfarms.com
Wilson Nursery — plant nursery
2 km · wilsonnurseriesky.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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