When to plant pumpkins in Nuremberg: 3 June – 9 July

In Nuremberg, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 28 May; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 9 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 9 July.

Pumpkin in Nuremberg: soil, season and weather

In Nuremberg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 35 days later.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 35 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 November, 153 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 22 September
Days left for picking	78
Daylight	14:07 on 22 April, 16:02 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Nuremberg: 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 Nuremberg during the pumpkin season

About 411 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (57 mm) and August the wettest (81 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.4	13	66	11	16:15
July	25.1	13.9	80	13	15:53
August	25.2	14	81	11	14:28
September	20.6	10.2	62	10	12:40
October	15.2	6.5	65	12	10:51
November	8.2	1.6	57	11	9:08

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Nuremberg; the closest date is in Stuttgart, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Regensburg	89 km	14 June – 13 July	11 days later
Augsburg	121 km	13 June – 15 July	10 days later
Munich	150 km	8 June – 15 July	5 days later
Stuttgart	157 km	5 June – 14 July	2 days later
Plzeň	169 km	18 June – 11 July	15 days later
Erfurt	170 km	9 June – 13 July	6 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Nuremberg

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 9 July (from 13 May to 9 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 28 May. Within 15 km of Nuremberg OpenStreetMap lists 28 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 15 markets and 52 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Königsplatz — market
Königsplatz 1, 91126 Schwabach · 24/7 · 14 km
Wochenmarkt Kopernikusplatz — market
Fri 08:00–18:00; public holidays closed · 1 km · nuernberg.de
Wochenmarkt Schillerplatz — market
Mon–Fri 06:00–18:00, Sat 08:00–14:00; public holidays closed · 2 km · nuernberg.de
Wochenmarkt Gostenhof — market
Thu 10:00–18:00, public holidays closed · 2 km · nuernberg.de

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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