When to plant pumpkins in Genoa: 20 June – 1 August

In Genoa, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 18 April to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 1 August.

Pumpkin in Genoa: soil, season and weather

In Genoa the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 20 June, 89 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 89 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	26 November, 159 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 September – 15 October
Days left for picking	84
Daylight	14:32 on 9 May, 15:32 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Genoa: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 July — 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 Genoa during the pumpkin season

About 649 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (47 mm) and October the wettest (201 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	13.6	72	11	15:31
July	24.3	15.7	47	9	15:13
August	25.2	15.9	57	10	14:04
September	20.6	12.1	95	11	12:34
October	15.9	8.7	201	12	11:03
November	10	3.9	177	12	9:38

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Genoa; the closest date is in Pisa, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Piacenza	93 km	11 May – 6 August	40 days earlier
Novara	118 km	23 May – 28 July	28 days earlier
Milan	119 km	12 May – 5 August	39 days earlier
Parma	119 km	19 May – 4 August	32 days earlier
Turin	122 km	16 May – 26 July	35 days earlier
Pisa	141 km	16 June – 24 July	4 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Genoa

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 1 August (from 30 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 April to 20 June. Within 15 km of Genoa OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 16 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Agrivega — garden centre
4 km
Vivaio Luca Savarese — garden centre
9 km
Agraria 2000 — garden centre
9 km
Vivaio Doria — plant nursery
7 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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