When to plant pumpkins in Katowice: 6 June – 22 July

In Katowice, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 April to 10 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 22 July; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 22 July.

Pumpkin in Katowice: soil, season and weather

In Katowice the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 June, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 52 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	16 November, 163 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 5 October
Days left for picking	88
Daylight	14:21 on 25 April, 16:14 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Katowice: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 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 Katowice during the pumpkin season

About 462 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (54 mm) and July the wettest (98 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	13.6	73	12	16:23
July	24.4	14.8	98	14	16:00
August	24.6	15	89	11	14:32
September	20	11.1	85	12	12:41
October	14.4	6.5	63	12	10:49
November	7.8	2	54	10	9:03

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Katowice, Opole is 4 days earlier and Ostrava 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Częstochowa	62 km	5 June – 16 July	1 day earlier
Kraków	69 km	6 June – 7 July	same day
Ostrava	73 km	8 June – 15 July	2 days later
Opole	90 km	2 June – 24 July	4 days earlier
Kielce	132 km	7 June – 10 July	1 day later
Olomouc	147 km	3 June – 12 July	3 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Katowice

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 22 July (from 16 May to 22 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 April to 10 June. Within 15 km of Katowice OpenStreetMap lists 25 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 plant nurseries, 33 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Targowisko Miejskie — market
Gzichowska, 42-500 Będzin · Wed, Sat 06:00–13:00 · 11 km · targ.bedzin.pl
Obroki — market
Mon–Fri 03:00–15:00 · 5 km · obroki.pl
Targowisko Lapaz — market
Jubileuszowa 9, 41-506 Chorzów · 6 km
Hala Targowa — market
Szpitalna 10, 41-250 Czeladź · 8 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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