When to plant pumpkins in Montpelier: 20 June – 22 June

In Montpelier, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 18 April to 11 May; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 22 June; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 22 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Guy's Farm & Yard (garden centre, 1 km) and Agway (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Montpelier: soil, season and weather

In Montpelier the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 8 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 20 June, 43 days later. 119 days separate planting out (20 June) from the first autumn frost (17 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 44 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	8 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 43 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 October, 119 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 September – 5 September
Days left for picking	44
Daylight	14:31 on 9 May, 15:31 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Montpelier: care after planting

Planted on 20 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 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 Montpelier during the pumpkin season

About 462 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (69 mm) and October the wettest (109 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	12.1	90	13	15:30
July	26.3	15.6	108	13	15:12
August	25.2	14.4	86	13	14:04
September	21.5	10.7	69	8	12:34
October	14.6	5.1	109	12	11:03

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Montpelier's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Burlington	57 km	1 June – 9 July	19 days earlier
Sherbrooke	137 km	18 June – 2 July	2 days earlier
Concord	143 km	1 June – 6 July	19 days earlier
Montreal	159 km	30 May – 7 July	21 days earlier
Manchester (United States)	167 km	30 May – 8 July	21 days earlier
Portland, Maine	196 km	20 June – 10 July	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Montpelier

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 22 June (from 30 May to 22 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 April to 11 May. Within 15 km of Montpelier OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 1 farm-supply shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Thomas Farm & Garden — garden centre
U.S. Route 302 535, 05641 Barre · Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–17:00 · 5 km
Guy's Farm & Yard — garden centre
Barre Street 19, 05602 Montpelier · 1 km
Agway — garden centre
East Montpelier Road 190, 05602 Montpelier · 2 km
T. E. Pembroke Landscaping — garden centre
Terrace Street 1492, 05602 Montpelier · 4 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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