When to plant pumpkins in Aranda de Duero: 31 May – 19 July

In Aranda de Duero, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 7 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 19 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 19 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Morera (garden centre, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Aranda de Duero: soil, season and weather

In Aranda de Duero the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 46 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 46 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	13 November, 166 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 2 October
Days left for picking	91
Daylight	13:29 on 19 April, 14:58 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

The same dates in Aranda de Duero hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Aranda de Duero: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 June — 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 Aranda de Duero during the pumpkin season

About 238 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (7 mm) and November the wettest (63 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	8	45	9	14:31
June	26.4	12.8	37	8	15:11
July	30.8	15.5	7	2	14:55
August	30.9	15.8	8	2	13:53
September	25.1	11.5	24	4	12:31
October	20.2	8.2	54	8	11:09
November	12.6	3.6	63	11	9:52

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Aranda de Duero, Valladolid is 16 days earlier and Segovia 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Burgos	75 km	31 May – 23 July	same day
Palencia	78 km	25 May – 18 July	6 days earlier
Valladolid	86 km	15 May – 2 August	16 days earlier
Segovia	88 km	1 June – 14 July	1 day later
Soria	102 km	30 May – 15 July	1 day earlier
Guadalajara (Spain)	124 km	17 May – 30 July	14 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Aranda de Duero

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 19 July (from 10 May to 19 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 7 June. Within 15 km of Aranda de Duero OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres (collected 28 October 2026).

La Morera — garden centre
Carretera de La Aguilera, 09400 Aranda de Duero · 1 km
Cecoga — garden centre
3 km · cecoga.es
Castilla — garden centre
3 km
Plantas Nuñez — garden centre
5 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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