When to plant pumpkins in Hull: 27 June – 30 July

In Hull, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 18 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 30 July; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 30 July.

Pumpkin in Hull: soil, season and weather

In Hull the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 27 June, 91 days later.

Last spring frost	28 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 91 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	24 November, 150 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 September – 13 October
Days left for picking	75
Daylight	15:58 on 16 May, 17:04 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 13 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Hull: care after planting

Planted on 27 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 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 Hull during the pumpkin season

About 423 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (67 mm) and July the wettest (77 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.6	11.1	68	12	17:03
July	20.8	13	77	14	16:36
August	20.8	13	67	13	14:53
September	18.3	11	67	12	12:46
October	14.5	8.5	74	13	10:39
November	10.2	4.9	70	12	8:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Hull, Nottingham is 7 days earlier and Sheffield 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
York	54 km	26 June – 20 July	1 day earlier
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	58 km	25 June – 25 July	2 days earlier
Leeds	80 km	25 June – 29 July	2 days earlier
Sheffield	85 km	29 June – 28 July	2 days later
Bradford	93 km	27 June – 24 July	same day
Nottingham	103 km	20 June – 29 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Hull

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 30 July (from 6 June to 30 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 18 June. Within 15 km of Hull OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Beverley Garden Centre — garden centre
9 km
Hull Garden Solutions Ltd — garden centre
6 km
Southwood Garden Centre — garden centre
6 km
Coletta and Tyson — garden centre
9 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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