When to plant watermelons in Verona: 29 May – 18 August

In Verona, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 21 July; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 18 August; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 18 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Formenti Agricoltura (farm supply, 7 km) and Giardino S.n.c. (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Verona: soil, season and weather

In Verona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 29 May, 74 days later.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 74 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 18 August; May outside: 11.6 °C at night, 19.6 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 182 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 July – 16 October
Days left for picking	123
Daylight	14:16 on 1 May, 15:21 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Verona: care after planting

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

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

29 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 Verona during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 27.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (17.5 °C) and November (11.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May, June and September–November (4.7–16.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	11.6	159	17	14:52
June	25.4	16.8	98	13	15:39
July	27.5	18.6	89	13	15:21
August	27.4	18.5	85	10	14:09
September	22.5	14.2	97	10	12:35
October	17.5	10.1	95	9	11:01
November	11.4	4.7	98	10	9:32

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Verona, Ferrara is 16 days earlier and Trento 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mantua	35 km	14 May – 19 August	15 days earlier
Vicenza	45 km	24 May – 15 August	5 days earlier
Brescia	62 km	15 May – 19 August	14 days earlier
Padua	70 km	15 May – 19 August	14 days earlier
Trento	71 km	19 June – 1 August	21 days later
Ferrara	83 km	13 May – 19 August	16 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Verona

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 18 August (from 8 May to 18 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 April to 21 July. Within 15 km of Verona OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 7 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Giardino S.n.c. — garden centre
Via Unità d'Italia, 37036 · 9 km
Florovivaistica Grigoli Emilio — garden centre
Via Verona 66 · 13 km
Formenti Agricoltura — farm supply
Via Monte Santa Viola 13, 37142 Verona · 7 km · formentiagricoltura.it
General Store by Agricola — farm supply
Stradone Alcide De Gasperi 11, 37015 · 15 km · w.w.w.general-store.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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