When to plant pumpkins in Pau: 2 June – 9 August

In Pau, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 28 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 9 August; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 9 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Pau de Vaches (farm shop, 3 km) and Las Arradits (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Pau: soil, season and weather

In Pau the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 2 June, 82 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 82 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	4 December, 185 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 August – 23 October
Days left for picking	110
Daylight	13:40 on 21 April, 15:11 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Pau: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 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 Pau during the pumpkin season

About 709 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (63 mm) and November the wettest (150 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.3	14.3	105	14	15:23
July	26	16.1	63	10	15:06
August	26.7	16.2	68	10	14:00
September	23.6	13.5	89	11	12:33
October	20.4	10.4	102	12	11:05
November	14.4	5.8	150	15	9:44
December	12.4	3.7	132	13	9:00

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Pau, Huesca is 10 days earlier and Jaca 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Jaca	86 km	19 June – 6 July	17 days later
Bayonne	92 km	28 May – 22 August	5 days earlier
Pamplona	118 km	1 June – 5 August	1 day earlier
Huesca	130 km	23 May – 1 August	10 days earlier
San Sebastián	131 km	8 June – 8 August	6 days later
Toulouse	149 km	29 May – 3 August	4 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Pau

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 9 August (from 12 May to 9 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 28 June. Within 15 km of Pau OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Las Arradits — farm shop
Route de Pau 4, 64450 Bournos · Wed, Fri 16:30–19:30 · 14 km
Pau de Vaches — farm shop
Mon–Fri 16:00–19:00; Wed closed; Sat 10:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 3 km
Jardinerie éphémère Boncap — garden centre
5 km · jardinerie-boncap.fr
Jardinerie Boncap — garden centre
8 km · jardinerie-boncap.fr

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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