When to plant pumpkins in Limoges: 6 June – 2 August

In Limoges, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 April to 21 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 2 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Ferme du Coudert (farm shop, 5 km) and Au Brin de Campagne (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Limoges: soil, season and weather

In Limoges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 June, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 66 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	27 November, 174 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	99
Daylight	14:01 on 25 April, 15:35 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Limoges: 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 Limoges during the pumpkin season

About 459 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (41 mm) and October the wettest (102 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.3	13.5	99	13	15:42
July	25.3	14.7	45	8	15:24
August	25.9	14.9	41	8	14:11
September	21.8	12.1	75	10	12:36
October	17.6	9.6	102	12	11:00
November	11.6	5.2	97	15	9:30

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Limoges, Bordeaux is 9 days earlier and Clermont-Ferrand 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Poitiers	109 km	30 May – 25 July	7 days earlier
Clermont-Ferrand	141 km	27 June – 18 July	21 days later
Tours	179 km	31 May – 2 August	6 days earlier
Bordeaux	181 km	28 May – 5 August	9 days earlier
La Rochelle	190 km	28 May – 17 August	9 days earlier
Angers	229 km	28 May – 2 August	9 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Limoges

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 2 August (from 16 May to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 April to 21 June. Within 15 km of Limoges OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 4 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Au Brin de Campagne — farm shop
Route de Poitiers 28, 87270 Couzeix · Tue–Fri 09:00–12:30, 14:30–19:00; Sat 09:00–12:30 · 7 km
Les Paniers des Jardins de la Pagnade — farm shop
Chemin de la Pagnade 5 · Fri 09:00–19:00 · 9 km
Les Vergers de Mégeas — farm shop
Vergers de Mégeas 3 · Sept–Jun, Sept–Apr Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 13:30–18:00; Sept–Apr Sun 14:30–18:00 · 11 km
Ferme du Coudert — farm shop
Mon–Sun 18:20–20:00 · 5 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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