When to plant pumpkins in Providence: 31 May – 14 July

In Providence, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 14 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Barden Family Orchard (farm shop, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Providence: soil, season and weather

In Providence the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	11 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	8 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 27 September
Days left for picking	86
Daylight	13:30 on 19 April, 14:59 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Providence: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 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 Providence during the pumpkin season

About 742 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (84 mm) and October the wettest (133 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.1	111	13	14:32
June	25.4	15.5	84	11	15:12
July	28.7	19.5	120	12	14:56
August	27.6	18.6	91	12	13:54
September	23.4	15.2	111	10	12:32
October	17.8	9.7	133	10	11:08
November	11.2	2.8	92	9	9:51

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Providence, New Haven is 5 days earlier and Concord 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Worcester (United States)	60 km	31 May – 14 July	same day
Boston	67 km	29 May – 19 July	2 days earlier
Hartford	106 km	31 May – 14 July	same day
Manchester (United States)	130 km	30 May – 8 July	1 day earlier
New Haven	138 km	26 May – 18 July	5 days earlier
Concord	155 km	1 June – 6 July	1 day later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Providence

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 14 July (from 10 May to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Providence OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Barden Family Orchard — farm shop
Elmdale Road 56, 02857 · 15 km
YardWorks — garden centre
9 km
Home Depot Garden Center — garden centre
11 km
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
8 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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