When to plant pumpkins in Segovia: 1 June – 14 July

In Segovia, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 14 July.

Pumpkin in Segovia: soil, season and weather

In Segovia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 June, 43 days later.

Last spring frost	19 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 43 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	8 November, 160 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 27 September
Days left for picking	85
Daylight	13:30 on 20 April, 14:55 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Segovia: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 June — 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 Segovia during the pumpkin season

About 317 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (8 mm) and November the wettest (123 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	12.2	52	9	15:06
July	27.5	15.5	9	2	14:51
August	27.6	16.1	8	3	13:50
September	21.5	11.6	36	6	12:31
October	17.1	8.6	89	11	11:10
November	9.8	3.3	123	15	9:55

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Segovia; the closest date is in Ávila, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ávila	59 km	31 May – 23 July	1 day earlier
Madrid	69 km	14 May – 2 August	18 days earlier
Aranda de Duero	88 km	31 May – 19 July	1 day earlier
Guadalajara (Spain)	88 km	17 May – 30 July	15 days earlier
Valladolid	93 km	15 May – 2 August	17 days earlier
Toledo	121 km	11 May – 11 August	21 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Segovia

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 14 July (from 11 May to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Segovia OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

CRAS de Segovia Los Lavaderos — plant nursery
4 km
Viveros Floristería Anais — plant nursery
7 km
Vivero de pino silvestre — plant nursery
14 km
Pecua Equipamiento Ganadero — farm supply
5 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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