When to plant pumpkins in Parma: 19 May – 4 August

In Parma, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 17 March to 23 June; plant into a greenhouse from 28 April to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 19 May to 4 August.

Pumpkin in Parma: soil, season and weather

In Parma the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 19 May, 62 days later.

Last spring frost	18 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 May, 62 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	29 November, 194 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 August – 18 October
Days left for picking	119
Daylight	13:03 on 7 April, 14:57 on 19 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Parma: care after planting

Planted on 19 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 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 Parma during the pumpkin season

About 572 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (50 mm) and May the wettest (127 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	12.1	127	15	14:49
June	28.4	17.3	50	7	15:34
July	31.1	19.6	55	8	15:16
August	30.7	19.6	62	8	14:06
September	25.2	15.1	72	9	12:34
October	19.3	10.8	105	9	11:02
November	12.1	5.4	101	10	9:36

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Parma, Piacenza is 8 days earlier and Verona 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Modena	50 km	14 May – 5 August	5 days earlier
Mantua	54 km	14 May – 3 August	5 days earlier
Piacenza	58 km	11 May – 6 August	8 days earlier
Brescia	83 km	15 May – 3 August	4 days earlier
Bologna	87 km	16 May – 4 August	3 days earlier
Verona	88 km	29 May – 2 August	10 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Parma

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 May to 4 August (from 28 April to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 March to 23 June. Within 15 km of Parma OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Piazza Ghiaia — market
1 km
Lubiana Street Market, Wednesday morning — market
2 km
F.lli Davoli - La bottega del Gusto — market
4 km
L'Orto del Moro — farm shop
5 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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