When to plant pumpkins in Nottingham: 20 June – 29 July

In Nottingham, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 18 April to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 30 May to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 20 June to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Spring Lane Farm Shop (farm shop, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Nottingham: soil, season and weather

In Nottingham the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 20 June, 74 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 June, 74 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 November, 156 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 September – 12 October
Days left for picking	81
Daylight	15:27 on 9 May, 16:55 on 20 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Nottingham: 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 Nottingham during the pumpkin season

About 425 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (62 mm) and October the wettest (80 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19.7	11.1	67	11	16:53
July	21.4	13	73	14	16:27
August	21	12.8	62	12	14:48
September	18.4	10.6	72	12	12:45
October	14.3	8.2	80	14	10:41
November	9.8	4.5	71	12	8:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Nottingham's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Derby	22 km	22 June – 28 July	2 days later
Leicester	34 km	21 June – 25 July	1 day later
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	51 km	25 June – 25 July	5 days later
Sheffield	52 km	29 June – 28 July	9 days later
Coventry	65 km	21 June – 23 July	1 day later
Stoke-on-Trent	70 km	20 June – 21 July	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Nottingham

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 June to 29 July (from 30 May to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 18 April to 17 June. Within 15 km of Nottingham OpenStreetMap lists 34 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

The Stalls — market
Sat[1] 11:00 - 17:00 · 3 km
West Bridgford Farmers Market — market
Sat[2, 4] 09:30 - 14:00 · 3 km
IKEA Bistro — market
Giltbrook Retail Park, NG16 2RP Nottingham · 11 km
Spring Lane Farm Shop — farm shop
Spring Lane 382, NG3 5RQ Nottingham · Tue–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–15:00; Mon closed · 6 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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