When to plant pumpkins in Oruro: 19 October – 3 January

In Oruro, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 17 August to 22 November; plant into a greenhouse from 28 September to 3 January; plant out into open ground from 19 October to 3 January.

Pumpkin in Oruro: soil, season and weather

In Oruro the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 19 October, 23 days later.

Last spring frost	26 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 October, 23 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	29 April, 193 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 January – 18 March
Days left for picking	118
Daylight	11:51 on 7 September, 12:33 on 19 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, April, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Oruro: care after planting

Planted on 19 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 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 Oruro during the pumpkin season

About 547 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (34 mm) and February the wettest (121 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	18.2	3.9	36	10	12:29
November	18.9	5.2	48	11	12:57
December	17.2	5.7	93	20	13:12
January	16.2	5.6	115	22	13:05
February	15.7	5.8	121	22	12:41
March	15.5	5.2	100	22	12:13
April	16.4	3.7	34	9	11:42

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Oruro, Sucre is 59 days earlier and Potosí 40 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cochabamba	118 km	2 September – 25 February	47 days earlier
La Paz	198 km	1 November – 24 December	13 days later
Sucre	226 km	21 August – 5 March	59 days earlier
Potosí	228 km	from 28 November	40 days later
Puno	391 km	13 October – 29 December	6 days earlier
Tarija	467 km	11 September – 16 February	38 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Oruro

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 October to 3 January (from 28 September to 3 January for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 17 August to 22 November. Within 15 km of Oruro OpenStreetMap lists 15 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Bolívar — market
2 km
Mercado Campero — market
2 km
Mercado Kantuta — market
3 km
Mercado Fermín López — market
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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