When to plant pumpkins in Orléans: 2 June – 31 July

In Orléans, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 19 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 31 July.

Pumpkin in Orléans: soil, season and weather

In Orléans the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 2 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	2 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 61 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	25 November, 176 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 August – 14 October
Days left for picking	101
Daylight	13:57 on 21 April, 15:46 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Orléans: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 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 Orléans during the pumpkin season

About 387 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (52 mm) and June the wettest (78 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.7	14	78	11	16:00
July	25.4	15.4	53	8	15:40
August	25.4	15.2	52	8	14:20
September	21.9	12.4	62	10	12:38
October	17.2	9.4	74	12	10:55
November	11	5	68	13	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Orléans, Paris is 4 days earlier and Rouen 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tours	107 km	31 May – 2 August	2 days earlier
Paris	112 km	29 May – 26 July	4 days earlier
Le Mans	127 km	31 May – 30 July	2 days earlier
Troyes	169 km	2 June – 24 July	same day
Rouen	181 km	16 June – 27 July	14 days later
Poitiers	188 km	30 May – 25 July	3 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Orléans

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 31 July (from 12 May to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 19 June. Within 15 km of Orléans OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 37 markets and 16 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché Ingré — market
Place Lucien Feuillâtre, 45140 Ingré · Tue 14:00–19:30; Fri 14:00–19:00 · 6 km · ingre.fr
Marché d'Ormes — market
Rue de la Poule Blanche, 45140 Ormes · Sun 08:00–13:00 · 7 km · ville-ormes.fr
Marché Place des Ecoles — market
Place des Ecoles, 45760 Boigny-sur-Bionne · Sat 08:00–12:30 · 9 km · boignysurbionne.fr
Marché de Saint-Cyr-en-Val - les Halles — market
Place de Bliesen, 45590 Saint-Cyr-en-Val · Sun 08:00–12:30 · 9 km · mairie-saintcyrenval.fr

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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