When to plant pumpkins in Izmir: 13 May – 12 August

In Izmir, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 1 July; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 12 August; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 12 August.

Pumpkin in Izmir: soil, season and weather

In Izmir 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 13 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 May, 55 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	7 December, 208 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 July – 26 October
Days left for picking	133
Daylight	12:37 on 1 April, 14:11 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Izmir: care after planting

Planted on 13 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 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 Izmir during the pumpkin season

About 348 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and December the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23.4	12.6	53	8	14:15
June	28.9	17.5	36	6	14:50
July	33.1	20.4	3	1	14:36
August	32.6	20.5	6	2	13:41
September	27.9	16.6	19	3	12:29
October	21.7	11.9	34	4	11:15
November	16.2	7.9	94	9	10:07
December	10.9	4	103	10	9:30

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Izmir, Athens is 29 days earlier and Bursa 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bursa	258 km	17 May – 11 August	4 days later
Athens	301 km	from 14 April	29 days earlier
Istanbul	329 km	11 May – 31 August	2 days earlier
Eskişehir	329 km	10 May – 10 July	3 days earlier
Antalya	357 km	27 April – 3 September	16 days earlier
Konya	473 km	28 April – 15 July	15 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Izmir

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 12 August (from 22 April to 12 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 1 July. Within 15 km of Izmir OpenStreetMap lists 47 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Buca Çarşı - Kapalı Pazar ve Sosyal Tesisler — market
Özmen Caddesi · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 6 km
Üçkuyular Pazarı — market
Sun 09:00–18:00 · 6 km
Gaziemir kapalı pazaryeri — market
Çarşamba pazarı · 11 km
Egekent Pazaryeri — market
Cumartesi Günü · 11 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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