When to plant watermelons in Innsbruck: 29 June – 9 August

In Innsbruck, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 11 May to 12 July; plant into a greenhouse from 8 June to 9 August; plant out into open ground from 29 June to 9 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Kuntilerhof (farm shop, 10 km) and Gustl (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Innsbruck: soil, season and weather

In Innsbruck the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 29 June, 61 days later. 100 days separate planting out (29 June) from the first autumn frost (7 October); the card's 59 days to the first harvest leave 41 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 June, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 June – 9 August; June outside: 10.7 °C at night, 22.5 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	7 October, 100 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 August – 7 October
Days left for picking	41
Daylight	15:40 on 1 June, 15:54 on 29 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 12 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Innsbruck: care after planting

Planted on 29 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

29 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 Innsbruck during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 23.2 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (15.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 12.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.5	10.7	157	17	15:55
July	23.1	12.2	169	20	15:35
August	23.2	12.2	171	16	14:17
September	19.3	8.4	128	14	12:37
October	15.1	4.9	99	12	10:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant watermelon earlier than Innsbruck; the closest date is in Trento, 10 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bolzano	86 km	29 May – 7 August	31 days earlier
Munich	98 km	8 June – 31 July	21 days earlier
Augsburg	128 km	13 June – 31 July	16 days earlier
Trento	135 km	19 June – 1 August	10 days earlier
Salzburg	136 km	9 June – 22 July	20 days earlier
St. Gallen	154 km	15 June – 9 August	14 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Innsbruck

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 June to 9 August (from 8 June to 9 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 May to 12 July. Within 15 km of Innsbruck OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 32 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Kuntilerhof — farm shop
Wed 09:00–13:00 · 10 km · kuntilerhof.at
Gustl — farm shop
24/7 · 11 km · mein-gustl.at
Broslerhof — farm shop
Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 12 km · broslerhof.at
Kolbenhof — farm shop
Gnadenwald 9, 6069 Gnadenwald · 13 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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