When to plant pumpkins in Limerick: 6 July – 27 July

In Limerick, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 May to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 15 June to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 6 July to 27 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include C. O' Neil (farm shop, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Limerick: soil, season and weather

In Limerick the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 July, 115 days later.

Last spring frost	13 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 July, 115 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	21 November, 138 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 September – 10 October
Days left for picking	63
Daylight	16:14 on 25 May, 16:41 on 6 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 17 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Limerick: care after planting

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

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

27 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 Limerick during the pumpkin season

About 611 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (110 mm) and October the wettest (134 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.9	12.4	110	17	16:24
August	18.7	12.4	123	20	14:46
September	16.7	10.6	121	17	12:44
October	13.8	8.4	134	19	10:42
November	10.4	5.6	123	17	8:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Limerick, Tralee is 10 days earlier and Cork 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Galway	73 km	13 July – 3 August	7 days later
Tralee	84 km	26 June – 28 July	10 days earlier
Cork	85 km	15 July – 27 July	9 days later
Kilkenny	93 km	15 July – 26 July	9 days later
Athlone	96 km	13 July – 1 August	7 days later
Waterford	112 km	28 June – 26 July	8 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Limerick

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 July to 27 July (from 15 June to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 May to 15 June. Within 15 km of Limerick OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Milk Market — market
Fri 10:00–15:00; Sat 08:00–15:00; Sun 11:00–15:00 · 1 km
C. O' Neil — farm shop
Upper William Street 20 · 1 km
Busy Bee Garden Centre&Tea Rooms — garden centre
4 km
McGills — garden centre
13 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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