When to plant pumpkins in Saltillo: 27 February – 1 August

In Saltillo, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 December to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 February to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 27 February to 1 August.

Pumpkin in Saltillo: soil, season and weather

In Saltillo frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — around 18 February, 2 days before the last frost on 20 February, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	20 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 February, 2 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	26 November, 272 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 May – 15 October
Days left for picking	197
Daylight	10:44 on 16 January, 11:35 on 27 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, February, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Saltillo: care after planting

Planted on 27 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 March — 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 Saltillo during the pumpkin season

About 381 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (11 mm) and September the wettest (89 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	22	7.8	11	2	11:18
March	24.5	10.2	16	3	11:59
April	27	13.1	20	5	12:45
May	29	15.9	32	9	13:22
June	28.7	16.6	44	8	13:43
July	27.3	16.6	65	11	13:35
August	27.5	16.6	49	9	13:03
September	24.7	15.2	89	13	12:19
October	23.3	12.1	33	6	11:35
November	21.2	9.3	22	5	10:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Saltillo, Torreón is 31 days earlier and San Luis Potosí 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Monterrey	72 km	4 February – 28 August	23 days earlier
Torreón	245 km	27 January – 21 August	31 days earlier
Nuevo Laredo	270 km	3 February – 28 August	24 days earlier
Reynosa	280 km	29 January – 28 August	29 days earlier
Zacatecas	337 km	21 February – 1 August	6 days earlier
San Luis Potosí	365 km	7 March – 20 August	8 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Saltillo

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 February to 1 August (from 6 February to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 December to 20 June. Within 15 km of Saltillo OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado de Finde — market
Sat, Sun 07:00–13:00 · 8 km
Nuevo Mercado Municipal — market
2 km
Centro Comercial Francisco I. Madero — market
3 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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