When to plant pumpkins in Kiel: 19 June – 26 July

In Kiel, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 17 April to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 29 May to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 19 June to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Schrevendorfer Milchkanne (farm shop, 10 km) and Rieckens Landmilch GmbH (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Kiel: soil, season and weather

In Kiel the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 19 June, 71 days later.

Last spring frost	9 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 June, 71 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 November, 154 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	79
Daylight	15:35 on 8 May, 17:13 on 19 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 13 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kiel: care after planting

Planted on 19 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 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 Kiel during the pumpkin season

About 428 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (56 mm) and July the wettest (93 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.9	11.9	72	12	17:11
July	21.4	13.3	93	14	16:42
August	21.9	13.6	65	12	14:57
September	18.9	11.5	61	10	12:47
October	13.8	8.2	81	14	10:37
November	8.1	3.7	56	13	8:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Kiel; the closest date is in Rostock, 8 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hamburg	86 km	6 June – 25 July	13 days earlier
Rostock	130 km	11 June – 23 July	8 days earlier
Bremen	164 km	11 June – 25 July	8 days earlier
Copenhagen	217 km	9 June – 25 July	10 days earlier
Hanover	219 km	7 June – 27 July	12 days earlier
Magdeburg	263 km	3 June – 24 July	16 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kiel

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 June to 26 July (from 29 May to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 April to 14 June. Within 15 km of Kiel OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 9 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Wochenmarkt Wik — market
Tue 09:00–18:00, Fri 09:00–18:00 · 4 km
Biohof Rzehak — farm shop · sells: eggs
Holander Allee 24, 24214 Tüttendorf · Mon–Tue, Thu–Fri 16:30–19:00, Sat 10:00–13:00 · 13 km · biohof-rzehak.de
Schrevendorfer Milchkanne — farm shop
Schrevendorf 15, 24253 Probsteierhagen · Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 10 km · schrevendorfer-milchkanne.de
Rieckens Landmilch GmbH — farm shop
Zum Eichhof 2, 24245 Großbarkau · Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 11 km · rieckens-landmilch.de

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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