When to plant pumpkins in Carson City: 13 May – 27 June

In Carson City, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 March to 16 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 27 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Greenhouse Garden Center (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Carson City: soil, season and weather

In Carson City the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 13 May, 12 days later.

Last spring frost	1 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 May, 12 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 October, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 July – 10 September
Days left for picking	87
Daylight	12:38 on 1 April, 14:14 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Carson City: care after planting

Planted on 13 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 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 Carson City during the pumpkin season

About 91 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and October the wettest (37 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19	6.9	24	6	14:18
June	26	12.2	8	2	14:54
July	30.6	16.2	3	1	14:40
August	29.4	15.7	8	2	13:44
September	24.5	12.1	11	3	12:29
October	17.5	6.2	37	4	11:13

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Carson City; the closest date is in Reno, 14 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Reno	41 km	29 April – 3 July	14 days earlier
Sacramento	162 km	24 April – 16 August	19 days earlier
Stockton	188 km	24 April – 8 August	19 days earlier
Fresno	268 km	10 April – 10 August	33 days earlier
San Jose	274 km	from 25 April	18 days earlier
Redding	274 km	28 April – 16 August	15 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Carson City

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 27 June (from 22 April to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 March to 16 May. Within 15 km of Carson City OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Greenhouse Garden Center — garden centre
South Curry Street 2450, 89703 Carson City · 2 km · greenhousegardencenter.com
Carson Farmers Market — market
Sat 08:30–13:00 · 1 km · carsonfarmersmarket.com
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
3 km
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
6 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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