When to plant pumpkins in Linz: 4 June – 18 July

In Linz, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 2 April to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 14 May to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 4 June to 18 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Miesenbergerhof (farm shop, 6 km) and Humer z'Reith (farm shop, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Linz: soil, season and weather

In Linz 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 4 June, 58 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	4 June, 58 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 August – 1 October
Days left for picking	86
Daylight	14:05 on 23 April, 15:53 on 4 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Linz: care after planting

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

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

25 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 Linz during the pumpkin season

About 462 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (54 mm) and August the wettest (95 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.4	14.6	84	12	16:04
July	26.2	15.7	88	13	15:43
August	26	15.7	95	12	14:22
September	21.1	11.8	82	10	12:38
October	15.6	7.3	54	10	10:54
November	8.3	2	59	10	9:16

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Linz; the closest date is in Vienna, 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
České Budějovice	75 km	18 June – 12 July	14 days later
Salzburg	109 km	9 June – 6 July	5 days later
Vienna	154 km	8 June – 18 July	4 days later
Graz	163 km	8 June – 16 July	4 days later
Plzeň	173 km	18 June – 11 July	14 days later
Regensburg	179 km	14 June – 13 July	10 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Linz

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 June to 18 July (from 14 May to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 April to 6 June. Within 15 km of Linz OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 12 markets and 43 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Forum Oed — market
Sat 06:30–12:00 · 5 km
Markt Neue Heimat — market
Sat 06:30–13:00 · 7 km
Humer z'Reith — farm shop
Limesstraße 34, 4060 Leonding · Mon–Fri 07:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00; Wed closed · 6 km · humer-z-reith.at
Miesenbergerhof — farm shop
Schafferstraße 14, 4060 Leonding · Fri 08:00–13:00 · 6 km · miesenbergerhof.at

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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