When to plant pumpkins in Reno: 29 April – 3 July

In Reno, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 February to 22 May; plant into a greenhouse from 8 April to 3 July; plant out into open ground from 29 April to 3 July.

Pumpkin in Reno: soil, season and weather

In Reno the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 29 April, 13 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 April, 13 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 October, 182 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 July – 16 September
Days left for picking	107
Daylight	12:02 on 18 March, 13:47 on 29 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Reno: care after planting

Planted on 29 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 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 Reno during the pumpkin season

About 115 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and October the wettest (37 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	17.8	4.2	26	5	13:13
May	22.6	8.4	23	5	14:20
June	29.5	13.7	6	2	14:57
July	34.2	17.1	3	1	14:42
August	32.7	16.6	7	2	13:45
September	27.7	13	13	2	12:29
October	20.3	7.1	37	4	11:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Reno, Fresno is 19 days earlier and Carson City 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Carson City	41 km	13 May – 27 June	14 days later
Sacramento	179 km	24 April – 16 August	5 days earlier
Stockton	217 km	24 April – 8 August	5 days earlier
Redding	249 km	28 April – 16 August	1 day earlier
San Jose	303 km	from 25 April	4 days earlier
Fresno	309 km	10 April – 10 August	19 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Reno

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 April to 3 July (from 8 April to 3 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 February to 22 May. Within 15 km of Reno OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 3 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Aladin's Market & Kitchen — market
Holcomb Avenue 1180, 89502 Reno · 2 km · aladdinsmarketreno.com
Home Depot Garden Center — garden centre
8 km
Home Depot Garden Center — garden centre
13 km
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
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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