When to plant pumpkins in Palencia: 25 May – 18 July

In Palencia, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 23 March to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 4 May to 18 July; plant out into open ground from 25 May to 18 July.

Pumpkin in Palencia: soil, season and weather

In Palencia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 25 May, 45 days later.

Last spring frost	10 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	25 May, 45 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 November, 171 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 August – 1 October
Days left for picking	96
Daylight	13:14 on 13 April, 14:51 on 25 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Palencia: care after planting

Planted on 25 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 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 Palencia during the pumpkin season

About 248 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (9 mm) and November the wettest (59 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21	8	47	9	14:33
June	26.1	12.2	45	8	15:13
July	30.4	14.6	9	2	14:57
August	30.4	14.9	9	2	13:54
September	24.6	11.4	25	5	12:32
October	19.6	8.2	54	9	11:08
November	12.2	3.6	59	11	9:50

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Palencia, Zamora is 15 days earlier and Segovia 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Valladolid	43 km	15 May – 2 August	10 days earlier
Burgos	77 km	31 May – 23 July	6 days later
Aranda de Duero	78 km	31 May – 19 July	6 days later
León (Spain)	108 km	25 May – 14 July	same day
Zamora	115 km	10 May – 24 July	15 days earlier
Segovia	122 km	1 June – 14 July	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Palencia

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 May to 18 July (from 4 May to 18 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 March to 6 June. Within 15 km of Palencia OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercadillo del Paseo de la Julia — market
Tue 09:00–14:00 · 2 km
Mercado de Abastos — market
Mon–Sat 08:30–14:00 · 1 km
Talleres Alejandro e Hijo — farm supply
1 km
Plaza de Abastos La Castellana — market
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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