When to plant pumpkins in Toulouse: 29 May – 3 August

In Toulouse, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 27 March to 22 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 3 August.

Pumpkin in Toulouse: soil, season and weather

In Toulouse the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 29 May, 78 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 78 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 17 October
Days left for picking	108
Daylight	13:30 on 17 April, 15:08 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Toulouse: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 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 Toulouse during the pumpkin season

About 469 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (50 mm) and May the wettest (92 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.8	11	92	14	14:42
June	25.9	15.5	70	10	15:25
July	28.4	17.5	50	7	15:08
August	29.1	17.7	57	7	14:01
September	24.8	14.5	61	9	12:33
October	20.4	11.4	62	10	11:05
November	13.9	6.4	77	13	9:42

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Toulouse, Perpignan is 35 days earlier and Jaca 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pau	149 km	2 June – 9 August	4 days later
Perpignan	155 km	24 April – 17 August	35 days earlier
Montpellier	196 km	8 May – 2 September	21 days earlier
Jaca	199 km	19 June – 6 July	21 days later
Manresa	210 km	13 May – 7 August	16 days earlier
Bordeaux	212 km	28 May – 5 August	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Toulouse

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 3 August (from 8 May to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 March to 22 June. Within 15 km of Toulouse OpenStreetMap lists 21 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 85 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Marché aux livres Saint-Pierre — market
Thu–Fri 09:00–19:00 · 1 km · metropole.toulouse.fr
Marché forain Capitole — market
Tue–Sat 07:00–19:00 · 1 km · metropole.toulouse.fr
Marché du Salin — market
Tue, Fri, Sat 07:00–13:30 · 1 km · metropole.toulouse.fr
Marché bio de l'Esparcette — market
Tue, Sat 08:00–14:00 · 1 km · marchebiotoulouse.org

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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