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

In Waterford, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 April to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 28 June to 26 July.

Pumpkin in Waterford: soil, season and weather

In Waterford the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 June, 117 days later.

Last spring frost	3 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 June, 117 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 November, 145 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 September – 9 October
Days left for picking	70
Daylight	15:48 on 17 May, 16:45 on 28 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 13 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Waterford: care after planting

Planted on 28 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 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 Waterford during the pumpkin season

About 607 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (76 mm) and October the wettest (131 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	17.7	11	77	13	16:45
July	19.2	12.6	76	13	16:20
August	18.9	12.6	88	13	14:44
September	16.9	10.7	115	15	12:44
October	13.9	8.8	131	15	10:43
November	10.7	5.8	120	15	8:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Waterford; the closest date is in Limerick, 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kilkenny	44 km	15 July – 26 July	17 days later
Cork	101 km	15 July – 27 July	17 days later
Limerick	112 km	6 July – 27 July	8 days later
Dublin	134 km	16 July – 30 July	18 days later
Athlone	141 km	13 July – 1 August	15 days later
Galway	172 km	13 July – 3 August	15 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Waterford

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 June to 26 July (from 7 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 April to 14 June. Within 15 km of Waterford OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries and 1 market (collected 20 October 2026).

Easter Island Garden Centre — plant nursery
3 km
Grantstown Nurseries — plant nursery
7 km
Tirlán CountryLife — farm supply
9 km
Kilmeaden Services — farm supply
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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