When to plant pumpkins in Troyes: 2 June – 24 July

In Troyes, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 24 July.

Pumpkin in Troyes: soil, season and weather

In Troyes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 2 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	4 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 59 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 169 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	94
Daylight	13:59 on 21 April, 15:50 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Troyes: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 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 Troyes during the pumpkin season

About 389 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (46 mm) and November the wettest (77 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.9	13.8	76	12	16:04
July	25.5	15.2	57	8	15:43
August	25.7	15.2	46	9	14:22
September	22.1	12.1	59	10	12:38
October	17.1	9	74	12	10:54
November	10.8	4.3	77	14	9:16

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Troyes, Paris is 4 days earlier and Metz 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Reims	107 km	31 May – 23 July	2 days earlier
Dijon	130 km	31 May – 25 July	2 days earlier
Paris	142 km	29 May – 26 July	4 days earlier
Nancy	160 km	3 June – 23 July	1 day later
Orléans	169 km	2 June – 31 July	same day
Metz	178 km	4 June – 23 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Troyes

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 24 July (from 12 May to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 12 June. Within 15 km of Troyes OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 2 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Serre de Creney — garden centre
4 km
Serres de St Lyé — garden centre
9 km
Rocha — garden centre
6 km
distributeur automatique - Ferme des Nozats — farm shop
9 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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