When to plant pumpkins in Potsdam: 3 June – 27 July

In Potsdam, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 27 July.

Pumpkin in Potsdam: soil, season and weather

In Potsdam the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 59 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	21 November, 171 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	96
Daylight	14:21 on 22 April, 16:31 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Potsdam: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Potsdam during the pumpkin season

About 327 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (41 mm) and June the wettest (68 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.2	14.3	68	10	16:47
July	24.2	15.2	68	11	16:21
August	24.7	15.6	49	8	14:45
September	20.8	12.3	41	7	12:44
October	14.9	8.4	57	11	10:43
November	8.5	3.5	44	11	8:48

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Potsdam, Berlin is 3 days earlier and Leipzig 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Berlin	27 km	31 May – 25 July	3 days earlier
Magdeburg	102 km	3 June – 24 July	same day
Leipzig	127 km	5 June – 23 July	2 days later
Szczecin	152 km	5 June – 23 July	2 days later
Dresden	157 km	5 June – 24 July	2 days later
Zielona Góra	175 km	1 June – 19 July	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Potsdam

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 27 July (from 13 May to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 15 June. Within 15 km of Potsdam OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 8 plant nurseries, 12 markets and 28 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Werderaner Frischemarkt — market
Sat 08:00–15:00 · 9 km
Wochenmarkt Johan-Bouman-Platz — market
Tue, Thu, Sat 08:00–16:00; public holidays closed · 2 km
Floh- und Bauernmarkt auf dem Weberplatz — market
Sat 07:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 3 km
Wilhelmplatz — market
Fri 13:00–18:00 · 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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