When to plant pumpkins in Perth (United Kingdom): 19 July – 28 August

In Perth (United Kingdom), pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 17 May to 17 July; plant into a greenhouse from 28 June to 28 August; plant out into open ground from 19 July to 28 August.

Pumpkin in Perth (United Kingdom): soil, season and weather

In Perth (United Kingdom) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 19 July, 82 days later. 115 days separate planting out (19 July) from the first autumn frost (11 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 40 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 July, 82 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 November, 115 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 October – 11 November
Days left for picking	40
Daylight	17:30 on 7 June, 16:57 on 19 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 14 rainy days

The same dates in Perth (United Kingdom) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Perth (United Kingdom): care after planting

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

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

9 August — 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 Perth (United Kingdom) during the pumpkin season

About 514 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (88 mm) and October the wettest (129 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	18.5	10.7	98	15	17:09
August	17.8	10.4	101	15	15:12
September	15.6	8.5	88	14	12:50
October	11.9	6	129	16	10:30
November	8	2.5	98	15	8:14

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Perth (United Kingdom), Edinburgh is 13 days earlier and Dundee 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dundee	29 km	21 July – 29 August	2 days later
Stirling	44 km	11 July – 15 July	8 days earlier
Edinburgh	52 km	6 July – 15 July	13 days earlier
Glasgow	79 km	21 July – 28 August	2 days later
Aberdeen	115 km	19 July – 26 July	same day
Inverness	129 km	17 July – 19 July	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Perth (United Kingdom)

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 July to 28 August (from 28 June to 28 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 May to 17 July. Within 15 km of Perth (United Kingdom) OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 5 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Jamesfield Garden Centre — garden centre
11 km · jamesfieldgardencentre.co.uk
Linden Garden Centre — garden centre
8 km
Wood n Garden — garden centre
8 km
Lowe's Garden Supplies — garden centre
14 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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