When to plant watermelons in L'Aquila: 22 June – 3 August

In L'Aquila, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 4 May to 6 July; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 3 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vivaio Signori Carlo (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in L'Aquila: soil, season and weather

In L'Aquila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 22 June, 63 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 63 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 June – 3 August; June outside: 11.1 °C at night, 21 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	12 November, 143 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 1 October
Days left for picking	84
Daylight	14:53 on 25 May, 15:17 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

The same dates in L'Aquila hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Pumpkin.

Watermelon in L'Aquila: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

22 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 L'Aquila during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (14.6 °C) and November (8.9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 2.1 °C to 13.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21	11.1	60	12	15:16
July	24.1	13.6	53	9	15:00
August	23.8	13.7	57	10	13:56
September	18.6	9.6	75	11	12:32
October	14.6	6.2	79	11	11:07
November	8.9	2.1	119	13	9:48

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Watermelon in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant watermelon earlier than L'Aquila; the closest date is in Arezzo, 13 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pescara	67 km	8 May – 31 August	45 days earlier
Rome	90 km	20 May – 31 August	33 days earlier
Perugia	118 km	29 May – 16 August	24 days earlier
Ancona	142 km	10 May – 1 September	43 days earlier
Arezzo	175 km	9 June – 12 August	13 days earlier
San Marino	193 km	16 May – 2 September	37 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near L'Aquila

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 3 August (from 1 June to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 May to 6 July. Within 15 km of L'Aquila OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

I Sapori della Natura — farm shop
9 km · agroamiternum.it
Vivaio Signori Carlo — garden centre
Strada Statale 17 dell’Appennino Abruzzese e Appulo Sannitico, 67100 L’Aquila · 7 km
Mercato Contadino L'Aquila — market
Via Eusanio Stella 4, 67100 L'Aquila · Tue–Sat 08:30–13:30, 16:00–17:30 · 2 km · facebook.com
Mico Plants — garden centre
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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