When to plant pumpkins in Pachuca: 6 February – 16 August

In Pachuca, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 5 December to 5 July; plant into a greenhouse from 16 January to 16 August; plant out into open ground from 6 February to 16 August.

Pumpkin in Pachuca: soil, season and weather

In Pachuca frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — around 6 February, 7 days after the last frost on 30 January, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	30 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 February, 7 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 December, 308 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 April – 30 October
Days left for picking	233
Daylight	10:55 on 26 December, 11:20 on 6 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, February, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Pachuca: care after planting

Planted on 6 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 February — 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 Pachuca during the pumpkin season

About 528 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (6 mm) and June the wettest (105 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	22.7	6.7	6	2	11:29
March	24.9	8.7	13	3	12:01
April	25.8	10.1	26	7	12:36
May	26	11.6	43	11	13:05
June	23.1	11.5	105	15	13:20
July	22	10.6	83	18	13:14
August	22.3	10.7	93	16	12:50
September	21.5	11	90	15	12:16
October	21.1	9.6	47	8	11:42
November	21.1	7.6	15	3	11:11
December	20.4	6	7	2	10:55

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Pachuca; the closest date is in Aguascalientes, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toluca	135 km	3 April – 30 August	56 days later
Morelia	260 km	18 April – 27 August	71 days later
San Luis Potosí	325 km	7 March – 20 August	29 days later
Aguascalientes	417 km	8 February – 17 August	2 days later
Zacatecas	496 km	21 February – 1 August	15 days later
Saltillo	634 km	27 February – 1 August	21 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Pachuca

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 February to 16 August (from 16 January to 16 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 5 December to 5 July. Within 15 km of Pachuca OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 19 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Plaza El Parian — market
Calle Miguel Ramos Arizpe · 1 km
Mercado Barreteros — market
Calle Vicente Guerrero · 1 km
Bovivanc "Mercado Ganadero" — market
Calle Parcela, 42040 Pachuca de Soto · 2 km
Vivero Anteles 2 — plant nursery
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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