When to plant watermelons in Pescara: 8 May – 31 August

In Pescara, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 20 March to 3 August; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 31 August; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 31 August.

Watermelon in Pescara: soil, season and weather

In Pescara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 8 May, 86 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 May, 86 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	17 April – 31 August; April outside: 9.5 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	10 December, 216 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 July – 29 October
Days left for picking	157
Daylight	13:07 on 10 April, 14:20 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 6 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Pescara: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

8 May — 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 Pescara during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 30.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (16.6 °C) and December (13 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and September–December (5.7–17.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	14.2	63	11	14:35
June	27.4	19.3	39	6	15:17
July	30.1	21.7	41	4	15:00
August	29.8	21.5	40	6	13:56
September	25.6	17.8	57	8	12:32
October	21.3	13.5	56	8	11:07
November	16.6	9.7	111	12	9:48
December	13	5.7	59	10	9:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Pescara, Foggia is 15 days earlier and L'Aquila 45 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
L'Aquila	67 km	22 June – 3 August	45 days later
Ancona	140 km	10 May – 1 September	2 days later
Rome	153 km	20 May – 31 August	12 days later
Foggia	158 km	23 April – 10 September	15 days earlier
Perugia	164 km	29 May – 16 August	21 days later
Salerno	204 km	7 June – 1 September	30 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Pescara

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 31 August (from 17 April to 31 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 March to 3 August. Within 15 km of Pescara OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 14 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Via del Santuario — market
Via del Santuario, Pescara · Thu 06:30–14:00 · 1 km · mercati.comune.pescara.it
Largo Madonna — market
Strada Vecchia della Madonna, Pescara · Fri 06:30–14:00 · 2 km · mercati.comune.pescara.it
Mercato Coperto Portanuova — market
Via dei Bastioni, 65127 Pescara · Mon–Sat 06:30–14:30 · 1 km
MercAntico — market
Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi · Sun[1] 08:00–20:00 · 1 km · comune.pescara.it

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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