When to plant pumpkins in Hagerstown: 23 May – 17 July

In Hagerstown, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 5 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 17 July; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 17 July.

Pumpkin in Hagerstown: soil, season and weather

In Hagerstown the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 23 May, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	4 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 49 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 November, 172 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 30 September
Days left for picking	97
Daylight	13:04 on 11 April, 14:34 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Hagerstown: care after planting

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

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

13 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 Hagerstown during the pumpkin season

About 655 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (66 mm) and May the wettest (115 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23	12	115	14	14:20
June	28.6	17	96	13	14:57
July	31.8	20.4	111	13	14:43
August	29.7	19.2	86	11	13:45
September	26.2	16	105	10	12:30
October	20.1	10	76	9	11:13
November	12.7	3.4	66	7	10:01

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Hagerstown, Washington, D.C. is 19 days earlier and Pittsburgh 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Washington, D.C.	99 km	4 May – 22 July	19 days earlier
Harrisburg	103 km	25 May – 17 July	2 days later
Baltimore	104 km	5 May – 28 July	18 days earlier
Annapolis	129 km	8 May – 25 July	15 days earlier
Dover	198 km	11 May – 1 August	12 days earlier
Pittsburgh	213 km	26 May – 15 July	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Hagerstown

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 17 July (from 2 May to 17 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 5 June. Within 15 km of Hagerstown OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Pennsylvania Dutch Market — market
Potomac Avenue 1583, 21742 Hagerstown · 6 km
Lovell's — garden centre
8 km
S&K Mercadito Latino — market
3 km
Lewis' Orchards — farm shop
13 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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