When to plant pumpkins in Shreveport: 20 March – 14 August

In Shreveport, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 16 January to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 27 February to 14 August; plant out into open ground from 20 March to 14 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Feed Sales & Service (farm supply, 2 km) and Bossier City Farmers Market (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Shreveport: soil, season and weather

In Shreveport the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 20 March, 28 days later.

Last spring frost	20 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 March, 28 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 December, 264 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 June – 28 October
Days left for picking	189
Daylight	10:46 on 6 February, 12:07 on 20 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Shreveport: care after planting

Planted on 20 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 April — 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 Shreveport during the pumpkin season

About 1086 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (63 mm) and April the wettest (200 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	21.3	10.9	162	12	11:57
April	24.1	13.9	200	12	12:58
May	28.2	18.6	130	12	13:49
June	32.1	22.6	80	10	14:16
July	34	24.7	78	10	14:05
August	34	24.4	97	9	13:22
September	31.3	21.4	63	8	12:24
October	26.5	15.9	77	7	11:25
November	20	10	81	7	10:31
December	16.2	7.3	118	10	10:02

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Shreveport, Lafayette is 19 days earlier and Fort Smith 42 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dallas	284 km	27 March – 10 August	7 days later
Little Rock	290 km	22 April – 26 July	33 days later
Lafayette	300 km	1 March – 11 August	19 days earlier
Fort Smith	329 km	1 May – 24 July	42 days later
Fort Worth	332 km	22 March – 5 August	2 days later
Baton Rouge	334 km	3 March – 14 August	17 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Shreveport

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 March to 14 August (from 27 February to 14 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 January to 3 July. Within 15 km of Shreveport OpenStreetMap lists 2 farm-supply shops and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Pro Pest & Lawn Store — farm supply
East Texas Street 3333, 71111 Bossier City · Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00 · 12 km
Feed Sales & Service — farm supply
Jewella Avenue 3805, 71109 Shreveport · 2 km
Bossier City Farmers Market — farm shop
East Texas Street 2950, 71111 Bossier City · Sat 09:00–13:00 · 11 km · bossiercityfarmersmarket.com

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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