When to plant pumpkins in Magdeburg: 3 June – 24 July

In Magdeburg, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 24 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Verkaufsstand mit Selbstbedienung (farm shop, 12 km) and Farmshop (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Magdeburg: soil, season and weather

In Magdeburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 59 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	93
Daylight	14:20 on 22 April, 16:28 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Magdeburg: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Magdeburg during the pumpkin season

About 315 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (45 mm) and July the wettest (60 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.3	14.1	53	9	16:44
July	24.5	15	60	10	16:18
August	24.9	15.2	52	10	14:43
September	20.9	12	47	8	12:43
October	15.1	8.3	58	12	10:44
November	8.7	3.3	45	10	8:50

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Magdeburg, Berlin is 3 days earlier and Erfurt 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leipzig	102 km	5 June – 23 July	2 days later
Potsdam	102 km	3 June – 27 July	same day
Berlin	129 km	31 May – 25 July	3 days earlier
Hanover	132 km	7 June – 27 July	4 days later
Erfurt	134 km	9 June – 13 July	6 days later
Dresden	189 km	5 June – 24 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Magdeburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 24 July (from 13 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 12 June. Within 15 km of Magdeburg OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Farmshop — farm shop
Mon–Sun closed; Mar 01–Nov 09: Wed–Fri 14:00–18:00; Mar 01–Nov 09: Sat, Sun 12:00–18:00; Mar 01–Nov 09 public holidays 12:00–17:00; Nov 10–Dec 31: Sat, Sun 12:00–17:00 · 14 km · straussenland-nedlitz.de
Verkaufsstand mit Selbstbedienung — farm shop
24/7 · 12 km
Garten- und Landschaftsbau Neumann — plant nursery
7 km
Blumengeschäft und Baumschule Anja Neum — plant nursery
12 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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