When to plant pumpkins in Freiburg im Breisgau: 4 June – 22 July

In Freiburg im Breisgau, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 2 April to 10 June; plant into a greenhouse from 14 May to 22 July; plant out into open ground from 4 June to 22 July.

Pumpkin in Freiburg im Breisgau: soil, season and weather

In Freiburg im Breisgau 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 4 June, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	4 June, 53 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	16 November, 165 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 August – 5 October
Days left for picking	90
Daylight	14:04 on 23 April, 15:50 on 4 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

The same dates in Freiburg im Breisgau hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Freiburg im Breisgau: care after planting

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

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

25 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 Freiburg im Breisgau during the pumpkin season

About 523 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (77 mm) and June the wettest (97 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.2	14.1	97	14	16:01
July	25.5	15.3	90	13	15:40
August	25.5	15.4	83	11	14:21
September	21.2	11.7	77	11	12:38
October	16.5	8.1	83	12	10:55
November	9.6	3.1	93	14	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Freiburg im Breisgau, Mulhouse is 3 days earlier and Lucerne 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Colmar	38 km	16 June – 23 July	12 days later
Mulhouse	47 km	1 June – 23 July	3 days earlier
Basel	52 km	5 June – 26 July	1 day later
Strasbourg	65 km	1 June – 26 July	3 days earlier
Zurich	85 km	11 June – 22 July	7 days later
Lucerne	110 km	28 June – 6 August	24 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Freiburg im Breisgau

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 June to 22 July (from 14 May to 22 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 April to 10 June. Within 15 km of Freiburg im Breisgau OpenStreetMap lists 21 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 30 markets and 51 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Marktplatz Littenweiler — market
Sat 08:00–13:00 · 4 km
Wochenmarkt Waldkirch — market
Wed, Sat 07:30–12:00 · 14 km
Wiehremer Bauernmarkt — market
Wed 14:00–18:30, Sat 08:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 1 km
Stühlinger Bauernmarkt — market
Wed, Sat 08:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 1 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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