When to plant pumpkins in Alcázar de San Juan: 30 April – 7 August

In Alcázar de San Juan, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 February to 26 June; plant into a greenhouse from 9 April to 7 August; plant out into open ground from 30 April to 7 August.

Pumpkin in Alcázar de San Juan: soil, season and weather

In Alcázar de San Juan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 30 April, 46 days later.

Last spring frost	15 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	30 April, 46 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 December, 216 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 July – 21 October
Days left for picking	141
Daylight	12:04 on 19 March, 13:48 on 30 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in Alcázar de San Juan hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Alcázar de San Juan: care after planting

Planted on 30 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 May — 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 Alcázar de San Juan during the pumpkin season

About 274 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and April the wettest (57 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.1	7.6	57	10	13:13
May	24.7	11.9	29	5	14:19
June	30.6	17.1	19	4	14:56
July	35	20.6	3	1	14:42
August	34.2	20.4	8	1	13:45
September	27.7	15.5	25	4	12:29
October	22.4	11.4	52	7	11:13
November	14.6	5.7	45	8	10:02
December	11.5	3	36	6	9:25

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Alcázar de San Juan; the closest date is in Ciudad Real, 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ciudad Real	76 km	7 May – 3 August	7 days later
Toledo	88 km	11 May – 11 August	11 days later
Cuenca (Spain)	119 km	14 May – 19 July	14 days later
Madrid	122 km	14 May – 2 August	14 days later
Albacete	125 km	12 May – 1 August	12 days later
Guadalajara (Spain)	138 km	17 May – 30 July	17 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Alcázar de San Juan

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 April to 7 August (from 9 April to 7 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 February to 26 June. Within 15 km of Alcázar de San Juan OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Fertyvicam Sl — garden centre
6 km
Mercado Municipal — market
0 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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