When to plant pumpkins in Saarbrücken: 3 June – 24 July

In Saarbrücken, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 24 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Erdbeerland (farm shop, 2 km) and Wintringer Hofladen (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Saarbrücken: soil, season and weather

In Saarbrücken the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	14 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	93
Daylight	14:06 on 22 April, 16:00 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Saarbrücken: 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 Saarbrücken during the pumpkin season

About 452 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (65 mm) and October the wettest (85 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	13.5	78	12	16:13
July	24.6	14.5	66	11	15:51
August	24.8	14.9	65	12	14:27
September	20.6	11.3	73	10	12:40
October	15.4	8	85	13	10:52
November	8.9	3.4	85	14	9:10

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Saarbrücken, Strasbourg is 2 days earlier and Esch-sur-Alzette 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Metz	60 km	4 June – 23 July	1 day later
Luxembourg	75 km	7 June – 24 July	4 days later
Esch-sur-Alzette	79 km	15 June – 24 July	12 days later
Nancy	86 km	3 June – 23 July	same day
Strasbourg	93 km	1 June – 26 July	2 days earlier
Ettelbruck	93 km	6 June – 21 July	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Saarbrücken

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 24 July (from 13 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 12 June. Within 15 km of Saarbrücken OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Wintringer Hofladen — farm shop
Am Wintringer Hof 7, 66271 Kleinblittersdorf · Tue–Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 9 km
Milich Heisje — farm shop
Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 13 km · biolandhof-wack.de
Erdbeerland — farm shop
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–14:00; public holidays, Sun closed · 2 km · erdbeerlandernst.de
Eichelberger Hof — farm shop
Wed 14:00–17:00; Fri 17:00–19:00; Sat 10:00–14:00; public holidays closed · 13 km · biolandhof-wack.de

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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