When to plant pumpkins in Sucre: 21 August – 5 March

In Sucre, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 19 June to 23 January; plant into a greenhouse from 31 July to 5 March; plant out into open ground from 21 August to 5 March.

Pumpkin in Sucre: soil, season and weather

In Sucre the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 21 August, 16 days later.

Last spring frost	5 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 August, 16 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 June, 314 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 November – 19 May
Days left for picking	239
Daylight	11:03 on 10 July, 11:33 on 21 August
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Sucre: care after planting

Planted on 21 August: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 September — 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 Sucre during the pumpkin season

About 852 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (8 mm) and January the wettest (153 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
August	20.9	6.5	17	4	11:27
September	22.6	9.1	28	7	11:58
October	22.9	10.2	63	13	12:31
November	22.5	10.8	81	15	13:00
December	20.6	11.2	143	22	13:16
January	20.2	11.1	153	23	13:09
February	19.3	11	142	22	12:43
March	18.8	10.7	135	22	12:13
April	19.1	9.7	65	12	11:40
May	19.7	8	17	5	11:14
June	19.8	6.1	8	2	10:59

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Sucre; the closest date is in Cochabamba, 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Potosí	80 km	from 28 November	99 days later
Cochabamba	206 km	2 September – 25 February	12 days later
Oruro	226 km	19 October – 3 January	59 days later
Tarija	283 km	11 September – 16 February	21 days later
La Paz	416 km	1 November – 24 December	72 days later
Calama	539 km	from 9 September	19 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Sucre

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 August to 5 March (from 31 July to 5 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 June to 23 January. Within 15 km of Sucre OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Venta de Materiales de Riego — farm supply
1 km
Mercado Poconas — market
2 km
Mercado San Antonio — market
3 km
Mercado Villa Rosario — 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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