When to plant watermelons in Dresden: 5 June – 9 August

In Dresden, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 17 April to 12 July; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 9 August; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 9 August.

Watermelon in Dresden: soil, season and weather

In Dresden the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 5 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 June, 50 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	15 May – 9 August; May outside: 8.5 °C at night, 18.4 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	18 November, 166 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	107
Daylight	15:10 on 8 May, 16:20 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Dresden: care after planting

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

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

5 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 Dresden during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.9 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (15.2 °C) and November (8.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 2.6 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.1	13.7	65	12	16:31
July	24.8	14.8	72	12	16:08
August	24.9	14.9	65	11	14:37
September	20.6	11.3	68	10	12:42
October	15.2	7.8	70	13	10:47
November	8.6	2.6	49	11	8:57

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Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Dresden, Prague is 2 days earlier and Ústí nad Labem 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ústí nad Labem	48 km	22 June – 3 August	17 days later
Liberec	98 km	22 June – 23 July	17 days later
Leipzig	101 km	5 June – 8 August	same day
Prague	119 km	3 June – 30 July	2 days earlier
Plzeň	147 km	18 June – 27 July	13 days later
Potsdam	157 km	3 June – 12 August	2 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Dresden

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 9 August (from 15 May to 9 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 April to 12 July. Within 15 km of Dresden OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 12 plant nurseries, 23 markets and 34 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Dresdner Bauernmarkt Königstraße — market
Apr 05–Oct 24: Sat 09:00–13:00 · 1 km · dresden.de
Bönischplatz — market
Mar 22–Oct 24: Wed 09:00–14:00 · 2 km · dresden.de
Wochenmarkt Wasaplatz — market
Thu 09:00–17:00 · 3 km · dresden.de
Schillerplatz — market
Tue, Thu 09:00–17:00; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 5 km · dresden.de

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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