When to plant pumpkins in Talca: 6 November – 16 February

In Talca, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 4 September to 5 January; plant into a greenhouse from 16 October to 16 February; plant out into open ground from 6 November to 16 February.

Pumpkin in Talca: soil, season and weather

In Talca 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 6 November, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	21 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 November, 77 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 June, 219 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 January – 1 May
Days left for picking	144
Daylight	12:12 on 25 September, 13:42 on 6 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, February, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Talca: care after planting

Planted on 6 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

27 November — 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 Talca during the pumpkin season

About 342 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (4 mm) and June the wettest (156 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	25.1	10.2	17	2	13:59
December	28.7	12.8	5	1	14:32
January	30.5	14.4	11	1	14:17
February	30	14.3	4	1	13:23
March	26.9	12	7	1	12:21
April	20.7	8.8	47	5	11:13
May	15.3	6.2	95	8	10:17
June	12.7	4.5	156	11	9:47

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Talca, Santiago is 23 days earlier and Concepción 30 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Curicó	61 km	31 October – 10 February	6 days earlier
Chillán	138 km	14 November – 15 February	8 days later
Rancagua	162 km	6 November – 15 February	same day
Concepción	201 km	6 December – 16 February	30 days later
Los Ángeles	236 km	23 November – 4 February	17 days later
Santiago	237 km	14 October – 21 February	23 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Talca

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 November to 16 February (from 16 October to 16 February for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 September to 5 January. Within 15 km of Talca OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivero Forestal - U. de Talca — plant nursery
2 km
Persa CREA — market
0 km
Mercado Estación — market
1 km
Persa Rodoviario — market
1 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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