When to plant pumpkins in Norwich: 27 June – 3 August

In Norwich, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Beeston Farm Shop (farm shop, 6 km) and Paddock Farm Shop (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Norwich: soil, season and weather

In Norwich the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 31 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 27 June, 88 days later.

Last spring frost	31 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 88 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 November, 154 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 September – 17 October
Days left for picking	79
Daylight	15:48 on 16 May, 16:50 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Norwich: care after planting

Planted on 27 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 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 Norwich during the pumpkin season

About 396 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (55 mm) and October the wettest (76 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.6	11.3	66	12	16:49
July	21.5	13	73	13	16:24
August	21.6	13.3	55	11	14:46
September	19	11.3	63	10	12:44
October	14.9	8.7	76	13	10:42
November	10.4	5.1	63	11	8:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Norwich's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ipswich	64 km	14 June – 4 August	13 days earlier
Cambridge	93 km	17 June – 30 July	10 days earlier
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	140 km	25 June – 25 July	2 days earlier
London	158 km	12 June – 29 July	15 days earlier
Leicester	164 km	21 June – 25 July	6 days earlier
Hull	165 km	27 June – 30 July	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Norwich

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 3 August (from 6 June to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 22 June. Within 15 km of Norwich OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Beeston Farm Shop — farm shop
North Walsham Road, NR12 7BY Norwich · 6 km · h-f-g.co.uk
Paddock Farm Shop — farm shop
Norwich Road, NR14 8JT Norwich · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun closed · 8 km
Farm Shop — farm shop
Mill Road, NR15 1BQ Norwich · 10 km
Hill Farm Shop — farm shop
Norwich Road, NR12 7BA Norwich · 9 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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