When to plant pumpkins in St. John's: 14 July – 16 July

In St. John's, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 12 May to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 23 June to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 14 July to 16 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include The Seed Company (garden centre, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in St. John's: soil, season and weather

In St. John's the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 14 July, 56 days later. 119 days separate planting out (14 July) from the first autumn frost (10 November); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 44 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	19 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	14 July, 56 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 November, 119 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 September – 29 September
Days left for picking	44
Daylight	15:44 on 2 June, 15:39 on 14 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 12 rainy days

The same dates in St. John's hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in St. John's: care after planting

Planted on 14 July: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

4 August — 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 St. John's during the pumpkin season

About 578 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (93 mm) and November the wettest (179 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	19.7	12.9	98	12	15:37
August	20.3	13.9	93	12	14:19
September	16.6	10.8	111	11	12:38
October	11.6	6.3	97	12	10:56
November	7.2	1.8	179	15	9:20

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than St. John's; the closest date is in Halifax, 11 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Charlottetown	805 km	27 June – 8 July	17 days earlier
Halifax	897 km	3 July – 15 July	11 days earlier
Moncton	933 km	26 June – 10 July	18 days earlier
Fredericton	1,077 km	28 June – 3 July	16 days earlier
Bangor	1,268 km	25 June – 9 July	19 days earlier
Augusta	1,365 km	22 June – 9 July	22 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near St. John's

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 July to 16 July (from 23 June to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 May to 4 June. Within 15 km of St. John's OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

The Seed Company — garden centre
King's Road 88, A1C 6L7 St. John's · 1 km · theseedcompany.ca
St. John's Farmer's Market — market
Freshwater Road 245, St. John's · 2 km
Lester's Farm Market — market
"seasonal" · 7 km
Carew's Landscaping — garden centre
10 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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