When to plant pumpkins in Kilkenny: 15 July – 26 July

In Kilkenny, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 May to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 15 July to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Woodie's (garden centre, 2 km) and Agristore (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Kilkenny: soil, season and weather

In Kilkenny the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 July, 99 days later. 128 days separate planting out (15 July) from the first autumn frost (20 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 53 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 July, 99 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 November, 128 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	53
Daylight	16:34 on 3 June, 16:24 on 15 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 15 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kilkenny: care after planting

Planted on 15 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 August — 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 Kilkenny during the pumpkin season

About 480 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (81 mm) and October the wettest (113 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.9	11.8	81	15	16:24
August	18.6	11.5	90	15	14:46
September	16.2	9.8	99	14	12:44
October	13.1	7.5	113	15	10:42
November	9.5	4.6	97	15	8:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Kilkenny, Waterford is 17 days earlier and Dublin 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Waterford	44 km	28 June – 26 July	17 days earlier
Limerick	93 km	6 July – 27 July	9 days earlier
Athlone	97 km	13 July – 1 August	2 days earlier
Dublin	102 km	16 July – 30 July	1 day later
Cork	118 km	15 July – 27 July	same day
Galway	139 km	13 July – 3 August	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kilkenny

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 July to 26 July (from 24 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 May to 14 June. Within 15 km of Kilkenny OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 12 farm-supply shops and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese — farm shop
13 km · knockdrinna.com
Callan Co-op — farm shop
15 km
Woodie's — garden centre
Kilkenny Retail and Business Park, Kilkenny · Mon–Wed 09:00–19:00 · 2 km · woodies.ie
Agristore — farm supply
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30; Sat 10:00–14:00 · 3 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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