When to plant pumpkins in Ourense: 1 June – 8 August

In Ourense, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 27 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 8 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include AgroFarixa (farm supply, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Ourense: soil, season and weather

In Ourense the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 June, 68 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 68 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 December, 185 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 22 October
Days left for picking	110
Daylight	13:34 on 20 April, 15:03 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ourense: care after planting

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

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

22 June — 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 Ourense during the pumpkin season

About 584 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (16 mm) and December the wettest (144 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.7	11.9	67	11	15:16
July	26.9	14	19	5	15:00
August	27.7	14.3	16	4	13:56
September	23.4	12	54	8	12:32
October	19.5	10	143	13	11:07
November	13.3	6.2	141	15	9:49
December	11.1	4.2	144	14	9:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ourense, Vigo is 23 days earlier and Santiago de Compostela 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pontevedra	65 km	from 26 May	6 days earlier
Vigo	72 km	from 9 May	23 days earlier
Lugo	78 km	1 June – 9 August	same day
Santiago de Compostela	81 km	5 June – 22 August	4 days later
Braga	99 km	24 May – 28 August	8 days earlier
Ponferrada	107 km	1 June – 2 August	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ourense

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 8 August (from 11 May to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 27 June. Within 15 km of Ourense OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Almacenes A. Rivera — farm supply
1 km
AGROCAN — farm supply
2 km
AgroFarixa — farm supply
Rúa da Ermida 3, 32005 Ourense · Mon–Fri 09:00–13:30, 16:00–21:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 2 km
Praza de Abastos — market
Praza de Abastos, 32001 Ourense · 24/7 · 1 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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