When to plant pumpkins in Verona: 29 May – 2 August

In Verona, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 27 March to 21 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 2 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Garden Floridea (garden centre, 4 km) and Ikebana (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Verona: soil, season and weather

In Verona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 29 May, 74 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 74 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	27 November, 182 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	107
Daylight	13:36 on 17 April, 15:21 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Verona: 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 Verona during the pumpkin season

About 721 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (85 mm) and May the wettest (159 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	11.6	159	17	14:52
June	25.4	16.8	98	13	15:39
July	27.5	18.6	89	13	15:21
August	27.4	18.5	85	10	14:09
September	22.5	14.2	97	10	12:35
October	17.5	10.1	95	9	11:01
November	11.4	4.7	98	10	9:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Verona, Ferrara is 16 days earlier and Trento 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mantua	35 km	14 May – 3 August	15 days earlier
Vicenza	45 km	24 May – 30 July	5 days earlier
Brescia	62 km	15 May – 3 August	14 days earlier
Padua	70 km	15 May – 3 August	14 days earlier
Trento	71 km	19 June – 16 July	21 days later
Ferrara	83 km	13 May – 3 August	16 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Verona

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 2 August (from 8 May to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 March to 21 June. Within 15 km of Verona OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 7 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Francesconi — farm shop
8 km
Garden Floridea — garden centre
Via Gardesane 33, Verona · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:30, Mon–Sat 15:30–19:30, Sun 09:00–13:00 · 4 km · gardenfloridea.com
Emporio Verde — garden centre
Via Mascagni 47, 37060 Castel d'Azzano · Mon–Sat 08:30–19:30 · 9 km · emporio-verde.com
Ikebana — garden centre
Via Falcona 2, 37141 Verona · 6 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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