When to plant pumpkins in Halifax: 3 July – 15 July

In Halifax, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 May to 3 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 June to 15 July; plant out into open ground from 3 July to 15 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Basin Farmer's Market (farm shop, 7 km) and D & Jo's Country Market (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Halifax: soil, season and weather

In Halifax the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 July, 65 days later. 129 days separate planting out (3 July) from the first autumn frost (9 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 54 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 July, 65 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 November, 129 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 September – 28 September
Days left for picking	54
Daylight	15:03 on 22 May, 15:30 on 3 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Halifax: care after planting

Planted on 3 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Halifax during the pumpkin season

About 583 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (98 mm) and November the wettest (142 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	24.2	16.2	103	12	15:15
August	24.1	16.4	98	11	14:05
September	20.6	13.3	103	9	12:34
October	15.3	8.2	137	10	11:02
November	8.7	2	142	12	9:37

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Halifax; the closest date is in Fredericton, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Charlottetown	179 km	27 June – 8 July	6 days earlier
Moncton	186 km	26 June – 10 July	7 days earlier
Fredericton	282 km	28 June – 3 July	5 days earlier
Bangor	410 km	25 June – 9 July	8 days earlier
Augusta	493 km	22 June – 9 July	11 days earlier
Portland, Maine	544 km	20 June – 10 July	13 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Halifax

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 July to 15 July (from 12 June to 15 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 May to 3 June. Within 15 km of Halifax OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

D & Jo's Country Market — farm shop
St Margarets Bay Road 1823, B3T 1B8 Timberlea · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 10:00–19:00 · 11 km
Basin Farmer's Market — farm shop
Bedford Highway 397, B3M 2L3 Halifax · 7 km
Salt Yard — market
1 km
Foundation Wharf — market
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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