When to plant pumpkins in Mobile: 24 February – 20 August

In Mobile, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 23 December to 9 July; plant into a greenhouse from 3 February to 20 August; plant out into open ground from 24 February to 20 August.

Pumpkin in Mobile: soil, season and weather

In Mobile the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 24 February, 31 days later.

Last spring frost	24 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 February, 31 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	15 December, 294 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 May – 3 November
Days left for picking	219
Daylight	10:20 on 13 January, 11:22 on 24 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Mobile: care after planting

Planted on 24 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 March — 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 Mobile during the pumpkin season

About 1468 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (75 mm) and August the wettest (178 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	19.4	10.4	105	10	11:06
March	22	13	126	12	11:57
April	24.6	15.3	122	10	12:54
May	28.5	19.7	157	12	13:42
June	31.1	23.1	173	19	14:07
July	31.7	24.5	165	22	13:57
August	32.1	24.4	178	20	13:17
September	30.6	22.2	121	11	12:23
October	27.1	17.5	90	7	11:28
November	21.6	12	75	7	10:37
December	18	9.3	156	11	10:11

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Mobile, Pensacola is 1 day earlier and Montgomery 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pensacola	89 km	23 February – 24 August	1 day earlier
Gulfport	99 km	25 February – 30 July	1 day later
New Orleans	206 km	23 February – 20 August	1 day earlier
Montgomery	255 km	17 March – 4 August	21 days later
Jackson	268 km	16 March – 3 August	20 days later
Baton Rouge	296 km	3 March – 14 August	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Mobile

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 February to 20 August (from 3 February to 20 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 December to 9 July. Within 15 km of Mobile OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 plant nurseries, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Flowerwood Nursery — plant nursery
13 km
M & J Groceries — market
7 km
Mi Pueblo Latino — market
5 km
Mac's Fresh Produce — farm shop
4 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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