When to plant watermelons in Cosenza: 3 June – 21 August

In Cosenza, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 15 April to 24 July; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 21 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Agri Store (farm supply, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Cosenza: soil, season and weather

In Cosenza the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 3 June, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	10 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 54 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 May – 21 August; May outside: 8.9 °C at night, 19.9 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	30 November, 180 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 19 October
Days left for picking	121
Daylight	14:01 on 6 May, 14:47 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 6 rainy days

The same dates in Cosenza hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Pumpkin.

Watermelon in Cosenza: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

3 June — feed: balanced (NPK)

Pests and diseases of watermelon 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 Cosenza during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 28.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (15.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5.6 °C to 16.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.7	13.7	42	7	14:55
July	28.5	16.3	28	6	14:41
August	28	15.9	54	10	13:44
September	24.1	12.4	81	11	12:29
October	19.8	8.8	97	11	11:13
November	15.1	5.6	192	15	10:03

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Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Cosenza, Taranto is 39 days earlier and Potenza 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Messina	138 km	from 21 May	13 days earlier
Reggio Calabria	142 km	24 May – 9 September	10 days earlier
Potenza	154 km	14 June – 16 August	11 days later
Taranto	155 km	from 25 April	39 days earlier
Salerno	198 km	7 June – 1 September	4 days later
Lecce	201 km	3 May – 18 August	31 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Cosenza

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 21 August (from 13 May to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 April to 24 July. Within 15 km of Cosenza OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Agri Store — farm supply
Via Verticelli 3, 87059 Casali del Manco · Mon–Sun 08:00–12:30, 15:30–19:30 · 7 km · facebook.com
Campagna Amica — market
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 87100 Cosenza · Tue–Sun 08:30–13:30; Wed–Fri closed · 1 km · campagnamica.it
Il Giardino — plant nursery
1 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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