When to plant pumpkins in Reggio Calabria: 24 May – 24 August

In Reggio Calabria, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 22 March to 13 July; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 24 August; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 24 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Edilgarden (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Reggio Calabria: soil, season and weather

In Reggio Calabria the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 24 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	27 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 86 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 December, 209 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 7 November
Days left for picking	134
Daylight	13:03 on 12 April, 14:28 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Reggio Calabria: care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 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 Reggio Calabria during the pumpkin season

About 507 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (15 mm) and November the wettest (108 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.3	12.3	65	8	14:13
June	25.4	17.6	34	6	14:48
July	28.3	20	15	4	14:34
August	27.3	19.8	48	8	13:40
September	23.4	16.6	64	10	12:28
October	19.3	13.2	75	10	11:15
November	15	9.7	108	13	10:08
December	11.4	6.5	98	12	9:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Reggio Calabria, Catania is 29 days earlier and Potenza 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Messina	12 km	from 21 May	3 days earlier
Catania	84 km	from 25 April	29 days earlier
Cosenza	142 km	3 June – 5 August	10 days later
Palermo	200 km	28 May – 28 August	4 days later
Potenza	282 km	14 June – 31 July	21 days later
Salerno	295 km	7 June – 16 August	14 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Reggio Calabria

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 24 August (from 3 May to 24 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 March to 13 July. Within 15 km of Reggio Calabria OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Edilgarden — garden centre
Via Nazionale Pellaro 94, 89134 Reggio di Calabria · 9 km
Mercato Sant'Orsola — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 13 km
Mercato di Sant'Orsola — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 14 km
Mercato rionale di Giostra — market
Viale Giostra · 15 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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