When to plant pumpkins in Galway: 13 July – 3 August

In Galway, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 May to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 June to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 13 July to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Dangan House Garden Centre (garden centre, 3 km) and B&Q Garden Centre (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Galway: soil, season and weather

In Galway the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 13 July, 118 days later.

Last spring frost	17 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 July, 118 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 November, 138 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 September – 17 October
Days left for picking	63
Daylight	16:37 on 1 June, 16:35 on 13 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 17 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Galway: care after planting

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

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

3 August — 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 Galway during the pumpkin season

About 633 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (111 mm) and October the wettest (141 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.6	12.5	119	17	16:30
August	18.5	12.8	140	19	14:50
September	16.7	10.9	111	17	12:45
October	13.8	8.9	141	19	10:40
November	10.6	6.1	122	16	8:41

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Galway, Tralee is 17 days earlier and Kilkenny 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Limerick	73 km	6 July – 27 July	7 days earlier
Athlone	76 km	13 July – 1 August	same day
Sligo	118 km	30 June – 27 July	13 days earlier
Tralee	119 km	26 June – 28 July	17 days earlier
Kilkenny	139 km	15 July – 26 July	2 days later
Cork	157 km	15 July – 27 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Galway

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 July to 3 August (from 22 June to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 May to 22 June. Within 15 km of Galway OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Grealys Garden Center — garden centre
8 km
Bill Madden Nursery — plant nursery
11 km · billmadden.ie
Dangan House Garden Centre — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00 · 3 km · galwaygardencentre.ie
B&Q Garden Centre — garden centre
Western Distributor Road, Galway · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00; Sun 10:00–18:00 · 3 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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