When to plant pumpkins in San Luis: 25 September – 26 February

In San Luis, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 July to 15 January; plant into a greenhouse from 4 September to 26 February; plant out into open ground from 25 September to 26 February.

Pumpkin in San Luis: soil, season and weather

In San Luis the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 25 September, 35 days later.

Last spring frost	21 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	25 September, 35 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 June, 271 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 December – 11 May
Days left for picking	196
Daylight	10:50 on 14 August, 12:12 on 25 September
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in San Luis: care after planting

Planted on 25 September: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 October — 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 San Luis during the pumpkin season

About 591 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (13 mm) and January the wettest (105 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
September	21	9.1	20	4	11:51
October	23.4	11.7	54	8	12:53
November	26.1	14.9	85	12	13:50
December	28.2	17.3	70	11	14:20
January	28.7	18.6	105	14	14:07
February	27.6	18	78	11	13:17
March	25	15.5	81	11	12:20
April	20.9	12	55	7	11:17
May	17	8.4	30	5	10:25
June	14.6	5.3	13	2	9:58

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around San Luis, San Juan is 7 days earlier and Santiago 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Río Cuarto	184 km	29 September – 17 February	4 days later
San Rafael	238 km	22 September – 8 February	3 days earlier
Mendoza	238 km	19 September – 20 February	6 days earlier
San Juan	284 km	18 September – 23 February	7 days earlier
Córdoba	289 km	1 October – 18 February	6 days later
Santiago	404 km	14 October – 21 February	19 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near San Luis

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 September to 26 February (from 4 September to 26 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 July to 15 January. Within 15 km of San Luis OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivero Improfop SAPEM — plant nursery
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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