When to plant pumpkins in Curicó: 31 October – 10 February

In Curicó, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 August to 30 December; plant into a greenhouse from 10 October to 10 February; plant out into open ground from 31 October to 10 February. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include New Holland (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Curicó: soil, season and weather

In Curicó the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 October, 67 days later.

Last spring frost	25 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 October, 67 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	6 June, 219 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 January – 25 April
Days left for picking	144
Daylight	11:59 on 19 September, 13:29 on 31 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, December, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Curicó: care after planting

Planted on 31 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 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 Curicó during the pumpkin season

About 421 mm of rain falls in the season; December is the driest month (4 mm) and June the wettest (189 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	20.8	7.8	38	5	12:56
November	25.6	10.6	19	3	13:57
December	29.1	13	4	1	14:29
January	30.6	14.7	11	1	14:15
February	30.3	14.4	7	1	13:22
March	27.4	12.1	7	1	12:21
April	21.3	9.2	59	4	11:14
May	16	6.8	87	7	10:19
June	13.2	4.6	189	10	9:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Curicó, Santiago is 17 days earlier and Concepción 36 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Talca	61 km	6 November – 16 February	6 days later
Rancagua	102 km	6 November – 15 February	6 days later
Santiago	179 km	14 October – 21 February	17 days earlier
Chillán	196 km	14 November – 15 February	14 days later
Valparaíso	219 km	from 29 October	2 days earlier
Concepción	262 km	6 December – 16 February	36 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Curicó

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 October to 10 February (from 10 October to 10 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 August to 30 December. Within 15 km of Curicó OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 8 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Feria de las Pulgas — market
Mataquito 1145 · 2 km
Supermercado Andrea — market
Lago Vichuquén · 2 km
La Super Feria — market
Avenida Juan Luis Diez · 3 km
New Holland — farm shop
Avenida Arturo Alessandri Palma · 3 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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