When to plant pumpkins in Greenville: 23 April – 28 July

In Greenville, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 19 February to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 April to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 23 April to 28 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Sun and Soil Plant Parlor (garden centre, 3 km) and Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Greenville: soil, season and weather

In Greenville the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 23 April, 35 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 April, 35 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 November, 213 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 July – 11 October
Days left for picking	138
Daylight	11:49 on 12 March, 13:19 on 23 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Greenville: care after planting

Planted on 23 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 May — 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 Greenville during the pumpkin season

About 790 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (80 mm) and May the wettest (124 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22	10.5	120	9	13:03
May	25.9	15.2	124	12	13:59
June	29.9	19.4	81	11	14:29
July	32.1	21.8	106	14	14:17
August	30.3	20.8	93	14	13:29
September	28	18.3	102	9	12:26
October	22.7	12.6	84	6	11:21
November	16.6	6.8	80	7	10:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Greenville, Columbia is 26 days earlier and Asheville 31 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Asheville	83 km	24 May – 8 July	31 days later
Athens (United States)	135 km	17 April – 28 July	6 days earlier
Charlotte	149 km	13 April – 19 July	10 days earlier
Columbia	159 km	28 March – 4 August	26 days earlier
Knoxville	184 km	4 May – 18 July	11 days later
Atlanta	220 km	13 April – 28 July	10 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Greenville

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 April to 28 July (from 2 April to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 February to 16 June. Within 15 km of Greenville OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026).

Twin Bridge — plant nursery
12 km
Great American Supply — farm supply
14 km
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
Benton Road 9, 29690 Travelers Rest · 24/7 · 11 km · walmart.com
Sun and Soil Plant Parlor — garden centre
Augusta Street 512, 29601 Greenville · 3 km · sunandsoilplantparlor.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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