When to plant pumpkins in York: 26 June – 20 July

In York, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 June to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 26 June to 20 July.

Pumpkin in York: soil, season and weather

In York the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 26 June, 75 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 June, 75 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 November, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 September – 3 October
Days left for picking	66
Daylight	15:57 on 15 May, 17:07 on 26 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 13 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in York: 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 York during the pumpkin season

About 448 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (66 mm) and July the wettest (83 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	19	10.5	71	12	17:06
July	20.8	12.4	83	15	16:38
August	20.4	12.3	69	12	14:55
September	17.9	10.2	78	13	12:46
October	14.1	7.7	81	14	10:38
November	9.7	4.1	66	13	8:35

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around York, Leeds is 1 day earlier and Sheffield 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leeds	36 km	25 June – 29 July	1 day earlier
Bradford	48 km	27 June – 24 July	1 day later
Hull	54 km	27 June – 30 July	1 day later
Sheffield	69 km	29 June – 28 July	3 days later
Lincoln (United Kingdom)	89 km	25 June – 25 July	1 day earlier
Manchester	93 km	28 June – 20 July	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near York

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 June to 20 July (from 5 June to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 8 June. Within 15 km of York OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 11 plant nurseries, 1 market and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Poppleton Community Railway Nursery — plant nursery
5 km
Derwent Nurseries — plant nursery
6 km
Dalby Nursery — plant nursery
8 km
Mayfield Nurseries — plant nursery
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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