When to plant pumpkins in Rimini: 16 May – 17 August

In Rimini, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 14 March to 6 July; plant into a greenhouse from 25 April to 17 August; plant out into open ground from 16 May to 17 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Azienda Agricola Rizoma (farm shop, 3 km) and Oleificio Carlini (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Rimini: soil, season and weather

In Rimini the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 16 May, 96 days later.

Last spring frost	9 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 May, 96 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 December, 210 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 July – 31 October
Days left for picking	135
Daylight	12:53 on 4 April, 14:46 on 16 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Rimini: care after planting

Planted on 16 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

6 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 Rimini during the pumpkin season

About 613 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (46 mm) and November the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.6	12.5	98	13	14:44
June	27.7	17.7	57	8	15:28
July	30	19.9	46	7	15:11
August	29.5	19.8	61	8	14:03
September	25	15.9	98	10	12:34
October	20.3	12	83	9	11:04
November	14.2	7.2	103	12	9:40
December	10.4	3.4	67	10	8:55

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Rimini, Ancona is 6 days earlier and Arezzo 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
San Marino	16 km	16 May – 17 August	same day
Ravenna	49 km	15 May – 17 August	1 day earlier
Arezzo	87 km	9 June – 27 July	24 days later
Ancona	91 km	10 May – 16 August	6 days earlier
Perugia	107 km	29 May – 31 July	13 days later
Bologna	109 km	16 May – 4 August	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Rimini

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 May to 17 August (from 25 April to 17 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 March to 6 July. Within 15 km of Rimini OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 7 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Mini mix — market
Via Marco Minghetti 10, 47921 Rimini · 0 km
Mercato Campagna Amica di Rimini — market
Viale Tiberio 20, Rimini · 1 km
Azienda Agricola Rizoma — farm shop
Via Secchiano 50, 47923 Rimini · Tue 16:00–19:00; Thu 16:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–12:30 · 3 km · facebook.com
Oleificio Carlini — farm shop
Via Pedrosa 6, 47826 Villa Verucchio · 12 km · oleificiocarlinigiorgio.it

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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