When to plant pumpkins in Rancagua: 6 November – 15 February

In Rancagua, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 September to 4 January; plant into a greenhouse from 16 October to 15 February; plant out into open ground from 6 November to 15 February.

Pumpkin in Rancagua: soil, season and weather

In Rancagua the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 18 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 6 November, 80 days later.

Last spring frost	18 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 November, 80 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 June, 218 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 January – 30 April
Days left for picking	143
Daylight	12:12 on 25 September, 13:38 on 6 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, December, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Rancagua: care after planting

Planted on 6 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 November — 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 Rancagua during the pumpkin season

About 340 mm of rain falls in the season; December is the driest month (5 mm) and June the wettest (149 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	25.1	10.8	27	3	13:53
December	28.2	12.9	5	1	14:25
January	29.6	14.5	10	1	14:11
February	29.5	14.6	9	2	13:19
March	27.1	12.6	8	1	12:20
April	21.4	9.9	61	4	11:15
May	16.7	7.4	71	8	10:22
June	13.9	5.1	149	9	9:53

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Rancagua's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Santiago	80 km	14 October – 21 February	23 days earlier
Curicó	102 km	31 October – 10 February	6 days earlier
Valparaíso	149 km	from 29 October	8 days earlier
Talca	162 km	6 November – 16 February	same day
San Rafael	226 km	22 September – 8 February	45 days earlier
Mendoza	227 km	19 September – 20 February	48 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Rancagua

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 November to 15 February (from 16 October to 15 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 September to 4 January. Within 15 km of Rancagua OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercadito Jessica Moreno — garden centre
4 km
Jardín Mil Pensamientos — garden centre
8 km
Jardín Casa Verde — garden centre
8 km
Jardín Natura — garden centre
9 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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