When to plant pumpkins in Pescara: 8 May – 15 August

In Pescara, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 6 March to 4 July; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 15 August; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 15 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Centro Per L'Agricoltura (farm supply, 8 km) and Consorzio Agrario (farm supply, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Pescara: soil, season and weather

In Pescara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 8 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 May, 86 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 December, 216 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 29 October
Days left for picking	141
Daylight	12:27 on 27 March, 14:20 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 6 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Pescara: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — 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 Pescara during the pumpkin season

About 466 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (39 mm) and November the wettest (111 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	14.2	63	11	14:35
June	27.4	19.3	39	6	15:17
July	30.1	21.7	41	4	15:00
August	29.8	21.5	40	6	13:56
September	25.6	17.8	57	8	12:32
October	21.3	13.5	56	8	11:07
November	16.6	9.7	111	12	9:48
December	13	5.7	59	10	9:05

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Pescara, Foggia is 15 days earlier and L'Aquila 45 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
L'Aquila	67 km	22 June – 18 July	45 days later
Ancona	140 km	10 May – 16 August	2 days later
Rome	153 km	20 May – 15 August	12 days later
Foggia	158 km	23 April – 25 August	15 days earlier
Perugia	164 km	29 May – 31 July	21 days later
Salerno	204 km	7 June – 16 August	30 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Pescara

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 15 August (from 17 April to 15 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 March to 4 July. Within 15 km of Pescara OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 14 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Salvatore Del Ciotto — farm supply
Via Costanza d'Avalos 21 · 11 km · del-ciotto-salvatore.business.site
Centro Per L'Agricoltura — farm supply
Via Vestina a Monte 13 · 8 km
Consorzio Agrario — farm supply
Via Nazionale Adriatica Nord 395 · 9 km
Simatech — farm supply
Via Val di Foro, 66010 Ripa Teatina · 13 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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