When to plant pumpkins in Beja: 17 April – 2 September

In Beja, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 February to 22 July; plant into a greenhouse from 27 March to 2 September; plant out into open ground from 17 April to 2 September.

Pumpkin in Beja: soil, season and weather

In Beja the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 17 April, 70 days later.

Last spring frost	6 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 April, 70 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 December, 255 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 July – 16 November
Days left for picking	180
Daylight	11:32 on 6 March, 13:14 on 17 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Beja: care after planting

Planted on 17 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 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 Beja during the pumpkin season

About 303 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (1 mm) and December the wettest (61 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.9	10.3	55	10	13:10
May	26.8	13.3	30	5	14:13
June	30.8	16.4	12	3	14:47
July	34.8	18.6	1	1	14:34
August	35	19	1	0	13:40
September	30.3	16.9	26	3	12:28
October	25.9	14.3	57	7	11:16
November	19.1	9.7	60	9	10:08
December	16.4	7.2	61	8	9:33

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Beja, Seville is 15 days earlier and Santarém 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Évora	62 km	from 5 May	18 days later
Badajoz	124 km	3 May – 21 August	16 days later
Santarém	154 km	from 6 May	19 days later
Mérida (Spain)	167 km	4 May – 24 August	17 days later
Seville	179 km	from 2 April	15 days earlier
Castelo Branco	204 km	30 April – 31 August	13 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Beja

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 April to 2 September (from 27 March to 2 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 February to 22 July. Within 15 km of Beja OpenStreetMap lists 3 farm-supply shops and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Fertigal — farm supply
2 km
Mercado Municipal de Beja — market
0 km
Mercado Municipal — market
11 km
Mercado Tradicional Santo Amaro — market
1 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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