When to plant pumpkins in Ponferrada: 1 June – 2 August

In Ponferrada, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 21 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 2 August; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 2 August.

Pumpkin in Ponferrada: soil, season and weather

In Ponferrada the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	3 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 59 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	27 November, 179 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 16 October
Days left for picking	104
Daylight	13:35 on 20 April, 15:05 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ponferrada: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 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 Ponferrada during the pumpkin season

About 369 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (14 mm) and November the wettest (128 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.6	11.8	76	11	15:17
July	27.2	14.5	15	4	15:01
August	27.6	14.8	14	4	13:57
September	22.6	11.6	43	7	12:32
October	18.2	8.9	93	12	11:07
November	11.5	4.4	128	14	9:47

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ponferrada, León (Spain) is 7 days earlier and Oviedo 18 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bragança	83 km	29 May – 1 August	3 days earlier
León (Spain)	84 km	25 May – 14 July	7 days earlier
Lugo	94 km	1 June – 9 August	same day
Ourense	107 km	1 June – 8 August	same day
Oviedo	108 km	19 June – 11 August	18 days later
Gijón	134 km	11 June – 22 August	10 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ponferrada

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 2 August (from 11 May to 2 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 21 June. Within 15 km of Ponferrada OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Plaza de Abastos — market
Calle Alfonso X el Sabio, 24402 Ponferrada · Mon–Sat 07:00–14:30, 16:30–21:30 · 1 km · ponferrada.org
Mercado de Abastos — market
12 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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