When to plant pumpkins in Pensacola: 23 February – 24 August

In Pensacola, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 22 December to 13 July; plant into a greenhouse from 2 February to 24 August; plant out into open ground from 23 February to 24 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Eggplant Systems and Design, LLC (plant nursery, 3 km) and Pensacola Seed & Garden (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Pensacola: soil, season and weather

In Pensacola the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 23 February, 28 days later.

Last spring frost	26 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 February, 28 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 December, 299 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 May – 7 November
Days left for picking	224
Daylight	10:21 on 12 January, 11:21 on 23 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Pensacola: care after planting

Planted on 23 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 March — 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 Pensacola during the pumpkin season

About 1457 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (93 mm) and August the wettest (194 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	19.1	11.2	98	11	11:07
March	21.2	13.5	129	13	11:57
April	23.7	15.8	117	11	12:54
May	27.5	20	130	12	13:41
June	30	23.4	161	19	14:06
July	30.8	24.6	162	23	13:56
August	30.8	24.6	194	21	13:16
September	29.6	22.6	139	14	12:23
October	26.2	18	101	8	11:28
November	21.5	12.9	93	7	10:38
December	17.9	10.2	133	11	10:12

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Pensacola's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mobile	89 km	24 February – 20 August	1 day later
Gulfport	178 km	25 February – 30 July	2 days later
Montgomery	235 km	17 March – 4 August	22 days later
New Orleans	280 km	23 February – 20 August	same day
Tallahassee	282 km	24 February – 28 August	1 day later
Birmingham (United States)	348 km	9 April – 1 August	45 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Pensacola

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 February to 24 August (from 2 February to 24 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 December to 13 July. Within 15 km of Pensacola OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
10 km
Woerner Landscape Source — garden centre
Creighton Road 1332, 32504 Pensacola · 10 km · woerner.com
Pensacola Seed & Garden — garden centre
Mobile Highway 4915, 32506 Pensacola · Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 7 km
Eggplant Systems and Design, LLC — plant nursery
North 12th Avenue 1010, 32501 Pensacola · 3 km · eggplant.pro

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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