When to plant pumpkins in Nancy: 3 June – 23 July

In Nancy, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Le Jardin des 1000 Fleurs (farm shop, 3 km) and La Croix du Jard (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Nancy: soil, season and weather

In Nancy the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 51 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 51 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 November, 167 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 6 October
Days left for picking	92
Daylight	14:04 on 22 April, 15:55 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Nancy: 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 Nancy during the pumpkin season

About 427 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (56 mm) and June the wettest (81 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.8	13.6	81	12	16:07
July	25	14.7	66	11	15:46
August	25.4	15	56	10	14:24
September	21.1	11.4	70	10	12:39
October	15.8	8.1	81	12	10:53
November	9.2	3.4	73	14	9:13

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Nancy, Strasbourg is 2 days earlier and Colmar 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Metz	49 km	4 June – 23 July	1 day later
Saarbrücken	86 km	3 June – 24 July	same day
Esch-sur-Alzette	92 km	15 June – 24 July	12 days later
Luxembourg	103 km	7 June – 24 July	4 days later
Colmar	110 km	16 June – 23 July	13 days later
Strasbourg	116 km	1 June – 26 July	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Nancy

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 23 July (from 13 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 11 June. Within 15 km of Nancy OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 14 markets and 28 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Le Jardin des 1000 Fleurs — farm shop
Sentier de Saint-Arriant, Laxou · May–Nov Wed 09:00–11:30 · 3 km · rqlaxou.fr
La Croix du Jard — farm shop · sells: fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat
Mon 14:00–18:30; Tue–Fri 10:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30 · 11 km · fermedesfruitiers.com
La Ferme des Fruitiers — farm shop · sells: fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat
Mon 14:00–18:30; Tue–Fri 10:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:30 · 13 km · terres-lorraines.com
Ferme de la Saule — farm shop · sells: meat, cereal
Fri 16:00–19:00 · 13 km · lesfermesvertes.fr

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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