When to plant pumpkins in Tralee: 26 June – 28 July

In Tralee, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 June to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 26 June to 28 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Dairymaster (farm supply, 1 km) and Castlemaine Garden Centre (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Tralee: soil, season and weather

In Tralee the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 26 June, 95 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 June, 95 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 September – 11 October
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	15:42 on 15 May, 16:46 on 26 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 19 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Tralee: care after planting

Planted on 26 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 July — 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 Tralee during the pumpkin season

About 768 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (99 mm) and November the wettest (145 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	17	11	99	19	16:45
July	18.1	12.5	116	19	16:20
August	18.2	12.7	142	21	14:44
September	16.6	10.9	125	20	12:44
October	13.8	8.9	141	19	10:43
November	10.8	6.1	145	19	8:49

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Tralee; the closest date is in Waterford, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Limerick	84 km	6 July – 27 July	10 days later
Cork	94 km	15 July – 27 July	19 days later
Galway	119 km	13 July – 3 August	17 days later
Kilkenny	171 km	15 July – 26 July	19 days later
Athlone	174 km	13 July – 1 August	17 days later
Waterford	176 km	28 June – 26 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Tralee

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 June to 28 July (from 5 June to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 16 June. Within 15 km of Tralee OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Deelis Farm Shop — farm shop
15 km
Castlemaine Garden Centre — garden centre
Brackhill, Castlemaine · 12 km
Shanahan's Garden Centre — plant nursery
Inchinveema, V93 CH76 Farranfore · 13 km
Dairymaster — farm supply
Rock Street 104, Tralee · 1 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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