When to plant pumpkins in Novara: 23 May – 28 July

In Novara, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 28 July.

Pumpkin in Novara: soil, season and weather

In Novara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 23 May, 64 days later.

Last spring frost	20 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 64 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 11 October
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	13:17 on 11 April, 15:10 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Novara: care after planting

Planted on 23 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 Novara during the pumpkin season

About 1051 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (124 mm) and May the wettest (178 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.3	11.7	178	17	14:53
June	26.7	16.8	145	14	15:39
July	28.5	18.6	146	14	15:21
August	28.3	18.6	157	12	14:09
September	23.5	14.5	127	11	12:35
October	18.5	10	174	12	11:01
November	12	3.8	124	11	9:32

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Novara, Milan is 11 days earlier and Bergamo 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Milan	44 km	12 May – 5 August	11 days earlier
Como	54 km	29 May – 29 July	6 days later
Lugano	66 km	29 May – 10 August	6 days later
Locarno	81 km	30 May – 9 July	7 days later
Turin	84 km	16 May – 26 July	7 days earlier
Bergamo	86 km	31 May – 24 July	8 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Novara

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 28 July (from 2 May to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 16 June. Within 15 km of Novara OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Fasoli Piante — garden centre
6 km
Mercato Coperto — market
1 km
Molino Pallanza — farm shop
13 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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