When to plant pumpkins in Aguascalientes: 8 February – 17 August

In Aguascalientes, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 7 December to 6 July; plant into a greenhouse from 18 January to 17 August; plant out into open ground from 8 February to 17 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include AGRODEPOT (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Aguascalientes: soil, season and weather

In Aguascalientes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 8 February, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	6 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 February, 33 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 December, 307 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 April – 31 October
Days left for picking	232
Daylight	10:48 on 28 December, 11:18 on 8 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, March, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in Aguascalientes hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Aguascalientes: care after planting

Planted on 8 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 March — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of pumpkin 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 Aguascalientes during the pumpkin season

About 499 mm of rain falls in the season; March is the driest month (3 mm) and July the wettest (123 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	24.6	7.8	10	2	11:26
March	27.6	10	3	1	12:00
April	29.5	12.3	4	1	12:39
May	30.9	14.8	14	4	13:11
June	29	15.5	85	11	13:28
July	26.4	14.1	123	17	13:21
August	26.8	14.4	102	14	12:54
September	25.4	13.7	96	13	12:17
October	25.2	11.7	37	6	11:40
November	24.2	9	15	2	11:06
December	22	6.8	10	2	10:48

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Aguascalientes; the closest date is in Durango, 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Zacatecas	104 km	21 February – 1 August	13 days later
San Luis Potosí	137 km	7 March – 20 August	27 days later
Morelia	268 km	18 April – 27 August	69 days later
Durango	341 km	19 February – 13 August	11 days later
Toluca	397 km	3 April – 30 August	54 days later
Saltillo	416 km	27 February – 1 August	19 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Aguascalientes

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 February to 17 August (from 18 January to 17 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 December to 6 July. Within 15 km of Aguascalientes OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 9 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Sublimagen Impresiones — market
Calle Ezequiel A. Chávez 112, 20259 Aguascalientes · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 · 1 km
Mercado Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon — market
José María Morelos y Pavón, Aguascalientes · 07:00–20:00 · 2 km
Mercado Villas — market
Calle Ermita de San Sebastián, 20296 Aguascalientes · 6 km
AGRODEPOT — farm shop
Supercarretera Aguascalientes-Zacatecas, AGUASCALIENTES · 8 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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