When to plant pumpkins in Lleida: 29 April – 24 August

In Lleida, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 February to 13 July; plant into a greenhouse from 8 April to 24 August; plant out into open ground from 29 April to 24 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Indtech (farm supply, 2 km) and Lleidam (farm supply, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Lleida: soil, season and weather

In Lleida the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 9 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 29 April, 79 days later.

Last spring frost	9 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 April, 79 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 December, 234 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 July – 7 November
Days left for picking	159
Daylight	12:01 on 18 March, 13:55 on 29 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Lleida: care after planting

Planted on 29 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 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 Lleida during the pumpkin season

About 335 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (16 mm) and April the wettest (59 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.3	9	59	7	13:19
May	26.1	12.9	42	6	14:31
June	31.5	18.2	34	5	15:11
July	34.6	20.6	29	3	14:55
August	34.5	20.9	16	3	13:53
September	28.7	16.9	33	5	12:31
October	23.7	12.9	59	7	11:09
November	16.5	7	39	6	9:52
December	12.2	3.9	24	5	9:11

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Lleida; the closest date is in Tarragona, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tarragona	77 km	from 30 April	1 day later
Tortosa	90 km	from 7 May	8 days later
Manresa	101 km	13 May – 7 August	14 days later
Huesca	103 km	23 May – 1 August	24 days later
Zaragoza	126 km	30 April – 25 August	1 day later
Barcelona	132 km	24 May – 17 August	25 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Lleida

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 April to 24 August (from 8 April to 24 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 February to 13 July. Within 15 km of Lleida OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Indtech — farm supply
Avinguda de les Garrigues 84, 25001 Lleida · 2 km · indtechganadera.com
Lleidam — farm supply
Polígon Industrial les Canals 10A, 25190 Lleida · 5 km · lleidam.com
Tallers Corbins — farm supply
Plaça de la Sardana 1, 25137 Corbins · 10 km · tallerescorbins.com
Maquinària Agrícola R.Jové — farm supply
Carrer de l'Horta 5, 25137 Corbins · 10 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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