When to plant pumpkins in Newcastle upon Tyne: 26 June – 26 July

In Newcastle upon Tyne, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 26 June to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include The Eden Valley Farm Shop (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Newcastle upon Tyne: soil, season and weather

In Newcastle upon Tyne the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 8 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 26 June, 79 days later.

Last spring frost	8 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 June, 79 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 November, 147 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	72
Daylight	16:07 on 15 May, 17:21 on 26 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 12 rainy days

The same dates in Newcastle upon Tyne hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Newcastle upon Tyne: care after planting

Planted on 26 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 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 Newcastle upon Tyne during the pumpkin season

About 464 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (69 mm) and July the wettest (88 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	17.1	10.7	69	12	17:20
July	19	12.6	88	16	16:50
August	18.9	12.5	72	15	15:02
September	16.8	10.6	73	13	12:48
October	13.5	8.3	85	15	10:35
November	9.7	5	77	15	8:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds is 1 day earlier and Carlisle 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Carlisle	86 km	15 July – 21 July	19 days later
York	118 km	26 June – 20 July	same day
Leeds	131 km	25 June – 29 July	1 day earlier
Bradford	133 km	27 June – 24 July	1 day later
Edinburgh	147 km	6 July – 15 July	10 days later
Hull	161 km	27 June – 30 July	1 day later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Newcastle upon Tyne

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 June to 26 July (from 5 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 14 June. Within 15 km of Newcastle upon Tyne OpenStreetMap lists 30 garden centres, 6 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

The Eden Valley Farm Shop — farm shop
Park View, Whitley Bay · 12 km
Dobbies Garden World Ponteland — garden centre
10 km · dobbies.com
Garden Shop — garden centre
9 km · birkheadssecretgardens.co.uk
Little Ollie's Garden Centre — garden centre
9 km · littleolliesgardencentre.co.uk

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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