When to plant pumpkins in Quetta: 7 April – 14 August

In Quetta, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 3 February to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 17 March to 14 August; plant out into open ground from 7 April to 14 August.

Pumpkin in Quetta: soil, season and weather

In Quetta the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 7 April, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	13 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 April, 53 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 December, 246 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 28 October
Days left for picking	171
Daylight	11:23 on 24 February, 12:39 on 7 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 0 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Quetta: care after planting

Planted on 7 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 April — 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 Quetta during the pumpkin season

About 86 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (1 mm) and April the wettest (24 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	25.1	11.5	24	4	12:53
May	30.2	16.2	4	1	13:40
June	34.3	19	3	1	14:05
July	35.2	20.7	7	2	13:55
August	33.2	19	24	3	13:16
September	30.7	15.5	1	0	12:22
October	24.2	10.5	2	1	11:28
November	17.5	5.4	10	2	10:39
December	13.3	2	11	2	10:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Quetta, Peshawar is 21 days earlier and Samarkand 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Peshawar	602 km	from 17 March	21 days earlier
Islamabad	689 km	from 8 April	1 day later
Murree	728 km	2 April – 24 August	5 days earlier
Samarkand	1,051 km	28 April – 10 July	21 days later
Bukhara	1,090 km	7 April – 11 July	same day
Tashkent	1,250 km	27 April – 11 July	20 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Quetta

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 April to 14 August (from 17 March to 14 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 February to 3 July. Within 15 km of Quetta OpenStreetMap lists 18 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Asad Plaza — market
Satellite Town Road, 87300 Quetta · 4 km
Burma برُما — market
Sariab Road, 87300 Quetta · 5 km
Fateh Khan Market — market
1 km
Bolan Shop — market
2 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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