When to plant pumpkins in Badajoz: 3 May – 21 August

In Badajoz, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 March to 10 July; plant into a greenhouse from 12 April to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 3 May to 21 August.

Pumpkin in Badajoz: soil, season and weather

In Badajoz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 May, 104 days later.

Last spring frost	19 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 May, 104 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	16 December, 227 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 July – 4 November
Days left for picking	152
Daylight	12:12 on 22 March, 13:53 on 3 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Badajoz: care after planting

Planted on 3 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Badajoz during the pumpkin season

About 278 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (2 mm) and October the wettest (74 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	25.6	13	31	5	14:17
June	30.2	16.4	12	3	14:53
July	34.5	18.9	2	1	14:39
August	34.9	19.3	3	1	13:43
September	29.7	16.7	27	3	12:29
October	25	13.7	74	8	11:14
November	17.7	8.8	64	9	10:05
December	14.7	6.1	65	8	9:28

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Badajoz, Beja is 16 days earlier and Cáceres 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mérida (Spain)	56 km	4 May – 24 August	1 day later
Cáceres	84 km	8 May – 29 August	5 days later
Évora	89 km	from 5 May	2 days later
Castelo Branco	114 km	30 April – 31 August	3 days earlier
Beja	124 km	17 April – 2 September	16 days earlier
Plasencia	149 km	8 May – 4 September	5 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Badajoz

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 May to 21 August (from 12 April to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 March to 10 July. Within 15 km of Badajoz OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercadillo — market
Tue 09:00–13:00 · 2 km
Maluca Garden — garden centre
4 km · malucagarden.es
Fertiprado Lda. — farm supply
15 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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