When to plant pumpkins in Reims: 31 May – 23 July

In Reims, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 23 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Floralie's Garden (garden centre, 3 km) and Jardiland (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Reims: soil, season and weather

In Reims the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 48 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 48 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 November, 170 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 6 October
Days left for picking	95
Daylight	13:56 on 19 April, 15:55 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Reims: 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 Reims during the pumpkin season

About 458 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (53 mm) and May the wettest (75 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.9	8.9	75	12	15:18
June	23.2	13.2	67	12	16:13
July	24.5	14.5	64	10	15:51
August	24.8	14.6	53	9	14:27
September	21.3	11.8	60	10	12:40
October	16.3	8.9	75	13	10:51
November	10.2	4.5	64	12	9:10

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Reims, Paris is 2 days earlier and Esch-sur-Alzette 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Troyes	107 km	2 June – 24 July	2 days later
Paris	130 km	29 May – 26 July	2 days earlier
Charleroi	131 km	10 June – 21 July	10 days later
Mons	132 km	10 June – 25 July	10 days later
Amiens	144 km	12 June – 27 July	12 days later
Esch-sur-Alzette	144 km	15 June – 24 July	15 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Reims

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 23 July (from 10 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 11 June. Within 15 km of Reims OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Floralie's Garden — garden centre
Voie Romaine 38, 51721 Bétheny · Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 09:00–18:30 · 3 km · floraliesgarden.com
Jardiland — garden centre
Rue des Sentiniers, 51370 Thillois · Mon–Fri 09:30–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:30–19:00, Sun 10:00–12:30, 14:30–18:30 · 4 km · jardiland.com
Jardiland — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:30–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:30–19:00; Sun 10:00–12:30, 14:30–18:30 · 5 km · jardiland.com
Compas Point Vert Saint-Thierry — garden centre
Route Nationale 44 4, 51220 Saint-Thierry · 6 km · compas-market.fr

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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