When to plant pumpkins in Memphis: 28 April – 29 July

In Memphis, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 April to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 28 April to 29 July.

Pumpkin in Memphis: soil, season and weather

In Memphis the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 April, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	10 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 April, 49 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 November, 209 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 12 October
Days left for picking	134
Daylight	12:00 on 17 March, 13:30 on 28 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Memphis: care after planting

Planted on 28 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 May — 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 Memphis during the pumpkin season

About 834 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (77 mm) and April the wettest (149 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.9	11.6	149	11	13:03
May	26.7	17	116	13	14:00
June	30.9	21.2	103	11	14:31
July	32.6	23.6	104	13	14:19
August	31.3	22.5	101	11	13:30
September	29.4	19.8	77	8	12:26
October	23.8	13.9	89	7	11:21
November	16.7	7.4	95	9	10:20

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Memphis, Jackson is 43 days earlier and Huntsville 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Little Rock	209 km	22 April – 26 July	6 days earlier
Nashville	316 km	3 May – 20 July	5 days later
Jackson	317 km	16 March – 3 August	43 days earlier
Huntsville	322 km	4 May – 20 July	6 days later
Birmingham (United States)	349 km	9 April – 1 August	19 days earlier
Bowling Green	383 km	4 May – 16 July	6 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Memphis

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 April to 29 July (from 7 April to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 17 June. Within 15 km of Memphis OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 4 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Roxie's Grocery — market
North 3rd Street 520, 38105 Memphis · 1 km
Memphis Farmers Market — market
South Front Street · 2 km · memphisfarmersmarket.org
Raleigh Farmers Market — market
Frayser Raleigh Road 3785 · Sat[3] 09:00–12:00 · 13 km
Community Table Garden — garden centre
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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