When to plant pumpkins in Plasencia: 8 May – 4 September

In Plasencia, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 6 March to 24 July; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 4 September; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 4 September.

Pumpkin in Plasencia: soil, season and weather

In Plasencia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 8 May, 90 days later.

Last spring frost	7 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 May, 90 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 December, 236 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 18 November
Days left for picking	161
Daylight	12:25 on 27 March, 14:09 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Plasencia: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — 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 Plasencia during the pumpkin season

About 448 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and October the wettest (114 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	24.1	12.9	49	6	14:22
June	29.4	17.1	25	4	15:00
July	34.2	20.6	3	1	14:45
August	34.4	21.1	4	1	13:47
September	28.2	16.8	47	5	12:30
October	22.9	13.4	114	9	11:12
November	15.5	8	111	12	9:59
December	12.7	5.5	95	9	9:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Plasencia, Castelo Branco is 8 days earlier and Guarda 20 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cáceres	66 km	8 May – 29 August	same day
Talavera de la Reina	108 km	9 May – 23 August	1 day later
Salamanca	111 km	25 May – 29 July	17 days later
Guarda	115 km	28 May – 31 July	20 days later
Castelo Branco	122 km	30 April – 31 August	8 days earlier
Mérida (Spain)	125 km	4 May – 24 August	4 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Plasencia

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 4 September (from 17 April to 4 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 March to 24 July. Within 15 km of Plasencia OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Viveros Sor Valentina — garden centre
1 km
JARDINTEC Jardinería Técnica Norte Extremeña — garden centre
2 km
Plaza de Abastos — market
0 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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