When to plant pumpkins in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: 30 August – 3 March

In San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 28 June to 21 January; plant into a greenhouse from 9 August to 3 March; plant out into open ground from 30 August to 3 March.

Pumpkin in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: soil, season and weather

In San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 July, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 30 August, 46 days later.

Last spring frost	15 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	30 August, 46 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 June, 303 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 November – 17 May
Days left for picking	228
Daylight	10:33 on 19 July, 11:28 on 30 August
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: care after planting

Planted on 30 August: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 September — 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 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca during the pumpkin season

About 487 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (5 mm) and January the wettest (92 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
August	23.3	10	5	1	11:05
September	26.7	13.2	14	2	11:54
October	28.9	16.4	34	5	12:44
November	31.7	19.8	40	6	13:31
December	32.6	21.4	68	8	13:56
January	33.2	22.5	92	9	13:45
February	31.7	21.8	80	9	13:04
March	29.3	19.6	63	8	12:17
April	25.5	16.1	45	8	11:25
May	21.1	11.7	30	6	10:43
June	19.3	8.5	16	3	10:20

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
La Rioja	148 km	30 August – 18 February	same day
San Miguel de Tucumán	193 km	from 15 September	16 days later
Córdoba	362 km	1 October – 18 February	32 days later
Salta	411 km	26 September – 4 March	27 days later
San Juan	432 km	18 September – 23 February	19 days later
Copiapó	463 km	8 September – 27 February	9 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 August to 3 March (from 9 August to 3 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 June to 21 January. Within 15 km of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries and 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Portal Valle Viejo — market
Sat 09:00–18:00 · 8 km
Mercado de Abasto — market
Avenida Juan Chelemín · 3 km
Vivero El Portal — garden centre
2 km
Vivero — garden centre
0 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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