When to plant pumpkins in Comodoro Rivadavia: 1 November – 27 January

In Comodoro Rivadavia, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 August to 16 December; plant into a greenhouse from 11 October to 27 January; plant out into open ground from 1 November to 27 January. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Deposito Rural (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Comodoro Rivadavia: soil, season and weather

In Comodoro Rivadavia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 November, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	10 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 November, 52 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 May, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 January – 11 April
Days left for picking	129
Daylight	12:00 on 20 September, 14:13 on 1 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Comodoro Rivadavia: care after planting

Planted on 1 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 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 Comodoro Rivadavia during the pumpkin season

About 175 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (11 mm) and March the wettest (49 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	22.2	10.8	11	2	14:51
December	24.7	13	22	4	15:42
January	26.4	14.3	15	2	15:20
February	25.4	13.9	16	3	13:58
March	21.9	11.6	49	4	12:28
April	17.4	8.6	38	6	10:49
May	12.7	5.5	24	5	9:27

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew is 10 days earlier and Bariloche 63 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trelew	338 km	22 October – 1 February	10 days earlier
Coyhaique	357 km	from 10 December	39 days later
Bariloche	607 km	from 3 January	63 days later
Río Gallegos	653 km	12 December – 21 January	41 days later
Puerto Montt	656 km	29 December – 9 February	58 days later
Osorno	745 km	29 December – 5 February	58 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Comodoro Rivadavia

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 November to 27 January (from 11 October to 27 January for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 August to 16 December. Within 15 km of Comodoro Rivadavia OpenStreetMap lists 2 plant nurseries, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Concentrador de la Costa — market
Sat 07:30–13:00; Sun–Fri 07:30–12:00, 15:30–19:30 · 4 km · delacosta.com.ar
Deposito Rural — farm shop
Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen 2851, 9000 Comodoro Rivadavia · 08:30–12:30, 14:30–19:30 · 4 km
Jardín arido patagonico — plant nursery
4 km
Botánica Sur — plant nursery
7 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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