When to plant pumpkins in Lincoln (United Kingdom): 25 June – 25 July

In Lincoln (United Kingdom), pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 23 April to 13 June; plant into a greenhouse from 4 June to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 25 June to 25 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Whisby Garden Centre (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Lincoln (United Kingdom): soil, season and weather

In Lincoln (United Kingdom) 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 25 June, 85 days later.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	25 June, 85 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 November, 147 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 September – 8 October
Days left for picking	72
Daylight	15:47 on 14 May, 16:58 on 25 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

The same dates in Lincoln (United Kingdom) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Lincoln (United Kingdom): care after planting

Planted on 25 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 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 Lincoln (United Kingdom) during the pumpkin season

About 418 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (61 mm) and July the wettest (78 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.6	11.1	69	11	16:57
July	21.7	13	78	14	16:30
August	21.5	12.9	61	11	14:50
September	18.9	10.8	66	12	12:45
October	14.7	8.3	78	12	10:40
November	10.2	4.5	66	11	8:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Lincoln (United Kingdom), Nottingham is 5 days earlier and Sheffield 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nottingham	51 km	20 June – 29 July	5 days earlier
Hull	58 km	27 June – 30 July	2 days later
Sheffield	64 km	29 June – 28 July	4 days later
Derby	72 km	22 June – 28 July	3 days earlier
Leicester	77 km	21 June – 25 July	4 days earlier
York	89 km	26 June – 20 July	1 day later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Lincoln (United Kingdom)

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 June to 25 July (from 4 June to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 April to 13 June. Within 15 km of Lincoln (United Kingdom) OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 market and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Church Farm Shop — farm shop
15 km
Whisby Garden Centre — garden centre
Whisby Road · 7 km
Cornhill Market — market
Sincil Street, LN5 7ET Lincoln · 0 km
Pennell's Garden Centre — garden centre
8 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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