When to plant pumpkins in Ayacucho: 7 November – 3 February

In Ayacucho, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 5 September to 23 December; plant into a greenhouse from 17 October to 3 February; plant out into open ground from 7 November to 3 February.

Pumpkin in Ayacucho: soil, season and weather

In Ayacucho the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 7 November, 94 days later.

Last spring frost	5 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 November, 94 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 May, 205 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 January – 18 April
Days left for picking	130
Daylight	12:09 on 26 September, 12:38 on 7 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, May, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ayacucho: care after planting

Planted on 7 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 November — 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 Ayacucho during the pumpkin season

About 735 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (31 mm) and January the wettest (159 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	18	6.9	90	18	12:43
December	16.7	7.5	118	22	12:54
January	15.4	7.4	159	25	12:49
February	15.2	7.7	142	24	12:31
March	14.8	7.6	144	25	12:11
April	15.2	6.4	51	14	11:49
May	15.6	5	31	8	11:31

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ayacucho, Cochabamba is 66 days earlier and Potosí 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cusco	247 km	24 November – 18 February	17 days later
Puno	541 km	13 October – 29 December	25 days earlier
La Paz	751 km	1 November – 24 December	6 days earlier
Oruro	932 km	19 October – 3 January	19 days earlier
Cochabamba	984 km	2 September – 25 February	66 days earlier
Potosí	1,151 km	from 28 November	21 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ayacucho

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 November to 3 February (from 17 October to 3 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 September to 23 December. Within 15 km of Ayacucho OpenStreetMap lists 21 farm-supply shops, 12 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Mercado de Abastos Andrés F .Vivanco — market
1 km
Mercado Jesus Nazareno — market
1 km
Mercado Minorista Mariscal Caceres — market
2 km
Mercado Nery García Zárate — market
2 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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