When to plant pumpkins in L'Aquila: 22 June – 18 July

In L'Aquila, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 20 April to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 18 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivaio Signori Carlo (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in L'Aquila: soil, season and weather

In L'Aquila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 22 June, 63 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 63 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 November, 143 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 1 October
Days left for picking	68
Daylight	14:26 on 11 May, 15:17 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

The same dates in L'Aquila hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in L'Aquila: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 L'Aquila during the pumpkin season

About 443 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (53 mm) and November the wettest (119 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21	11.1	60	12	15:16
July	24.1	13.6	53	9	15:00
August	23.8	13.7	57	10	13:56
September	18.6	9.6	75	11	12:32
October	14.6	6.2	79	11	11:07
November	8.9	2.1	119	13	9:48

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than L'Aquila; the closest date is in Arezzo, 13 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pescara	67 km	8 May – 15 August	45 days earlier
Rome	90 km	20 May – 15 August	33 days earlier
Perugia	118 km	29 May – 31 July	24 days earlier
Ancona	142 km	10 May – 16 August	43 days earlier
Arezzo	175 km	9 June – 27 July	13 days earlier
San Marino	193 km	16 May – 17 August	37 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near L'Aquila

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 18 July (from 1 June to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 April to 6 June. Within 15 km of L'Aquila OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivaio Signori Carlo — garden centre
Strada Statale 17 dell’Appennino Abruzzese e Appulo Sannitico, 67100 L’Aquila · 7 km
Mercato Contadino L'Aquila — market
Via Eusanio Stella 4, 67100 L'Aquila · Tue–Sat 08:30–13:30, 16:00–17:30 · 2 km · facebook.com
Mico Plants — garden centre
14 km
Mercato di Piazza d'Armi — market
2 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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