When to plant pumpkins in Worcester (United States): 31 May – 14 July

In Worcester (United States), pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 14 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Howe's Farm&Garden (farm shop, 8 km) and Tougas Family Farm Store (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Worcester (United States): soil, season and weather

In Worcester (United States) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	11 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	8 November, 161 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 27 September
Days left for picking	86
Daylight	13:31 on 19 April, 15:02 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

The same dates in Worcester (United States) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Worcester (United States): care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 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 Worcester (United States) during the pumpkin season

About 714 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (81 mm) and July the wettest (130 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.9	9.4	101	13	14:34
June	25.5	14.9	88	12	15:15
July	28.6	18.6	130	14	14:59
August	27.4	17.7	85	11	13:56
September	23.1	14.2	115	10	12:32
October	17	8.6	114	10	11:07
November	9.9	1.8	81	8	9:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Worcester (United States), New Haven is 5 days earlier and Concord 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Providence	60 km	31 May – 14 July	same day
Boston	62 km	29 May – 19 July	2 days earlier
Manchester (United States)	85 km	30 May – 8 July	1 day earlier
Hartford	93 km	31 May – 14 July	same day
Concord	107 km	1 June – 6 July	1 day later
New Haven	141 km	26 May – 18 July	5 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Worcester (United States)

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 14 July (from 10 May to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Worcester (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Tougas Family Farm Store — farm shop
Mon–Sun 10:00–17:00 · 13 km · tougasfamilyfarm.com
Silvermine Farm — farm shop
Eight Lots Road 96, 01590 Sutton · 14 km · organicfarmfood.org
Howe's Farm&Garden — farm shop
Pleasant Street 2443, Paxton · 8 km
Rufin Van Bossuyt American Chestnut Orchard — plant nursery
14 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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