When to plant pumpkins in Münster: 1 June – 27 July

In Münster, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 27 July.

Pumpkin in Münster: soil, season and weather

In Münster the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 June, 47 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 47 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	21 November, 173 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	14:11 on 20 April, 16:23 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 13 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Münster: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 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 Münster during the pumpkin season

About 401 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (60 mm) and June the wettest (74 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.3	13.3	74	12	16:42
July	23.6	14.2	70	13	16:17
August	24.1	14.5	60	13	14:42
September	20.4	11.5	60	11	12:43
October	15.4	8.7	74	14	10:44
November	9.5	3.9	63	13	8:51

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Münster; the closest date is in Bochum, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dortmund	51 km	5 June – 22 July	4 days later
Bochum	60 km	3 June – 26 July	2 days later
Bielefeld	62 km	5 June – 24 July	4 days later
Essen	70 km	3 June – 27 July	2 days later
Duisburg	84 km	3 June – 28 July	2 days later
Düsseldorf	100 km	3 June – 27 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Münster

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 27 July (from 11 May to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 15 June. Within 15 km of Münster OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 16 markets and 42 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Wochenmarkt — market
Emstor, 48291 Telgte · Thu 07:30–12:30 · 11 km · telgte.de
Wochenmarkt Münster — market
Wed, Sat 07:00–14:30 · 0 km · wochenmarkt-muenster.de
Hubertiplatz — market
Apr–Oct: Wed, Sat 07:00–13:30; Nov–Mar: Wed, Sat 08:00–13:30 · 2 km · wiki.muenster.org
Wochenmarkt Gremmendorf — market
Gremmendorfer Weg, 48167 Münster · Fri 13:30–18:00 · 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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