When to plant pumpkins in Padua: 15 May – 3 August

In Padua, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 March to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 24 April to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 15 May to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Bodo Pietro (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Padua: soil, season and weather

In Padua the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 May, 66 days later.

Last spring frost	10 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 May, 66 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 November, 197 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 July – 17 October
Days left for picking	122
Daylight	12:52 on 3 April, 14:52 on 15 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Padua: care after planting

Planted on 15 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 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 Padua during the pumpkin season

About 739 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (85 mm) and May the wettest (161 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.7	12.5	161	16	14:52
June	27.4	17.6	89	11	15:39
July	29.4	19.5	85	11	15:21
August	29.6	19.5	89	10	14:09
September	24.7	15.3	116	11	12:35
October	19.5	10.7	93	9	11:01
November	13	5.1	106	10	9:33

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Padua, Ferrara is 2 days earlier and Verona 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vicenza	30 km	24 May – 30 July	9 days later
Venice	35 km	16 May – 11 August	1 day later
Treviso	40 km	19 May – 29 July	4 days later
Ferrara	67 km	13 May – 3 August	2 days earlier
Verona	70 km	29 May – 2 August	14 days later
Mantua	90 km	14 May – 3 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Padua

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 May to 3 August (from 24 April to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 March to 22 June. Within 15 km of Padua OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Bodo Pietro — farm shop
Via Monte Nero, 35010 Santa Maria di Non · 12 km
Euroverde — garden centre
6 km · euroverde.eu
Isolaflor — garden centre
9 km
IperVerde — garden centre
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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