When to plant pumpkins in Lublin: 7 June – 16 July

In Lublin, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 5 April to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 17 May to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 7 June to 16 July.

Pumpkin in Lublin: soil, season and weather

In Lublin the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 7 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	18 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 August – 29 September
Days left for picking	81
Daylight	14:30 on 26 April, 16:25 on 7 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Lublin: care after planting

Planted on 7 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 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 Lublin during the pumpkin season

About 414 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (46 mm) and July the wettest (96 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	13.7	69	10	16:34
July	24.4	15	96	14	16:10
August	24.6	14.8	74	11	14:38
September	19.7	11	68	9	12:42
October	13.6	6.4	61	11	10:46
November	6.9	1.9	46	10	8:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Lublin, Brest is 3 days earlier and Kovel 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Radom	100 km	7 June – 21 July	same day
Brest	122 km	4 June – 19 July	3 days earlier
Rzeszów	140 km	7 June – 21 July	same day
Kielce	142 km	7 June – 10 July	same day
Kovel	148 km	8 June – 16 July	1 day later
Warsaw	153 km	6 June – 23 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Lublin

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 June to 16 July (from 17 May to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 April to 4 June. Within 15 km of Lublin OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops and 15 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Targ "Bazar" — market
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Targ na Ruskiej — market
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Targ "Pod Zamkiem" — market
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Murek Kwiatowy — market
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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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