When to plant pumpkins in Temuco: 9 December – 26 January

In Temuco, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 7 October to 15 December; plant into a greenhouse from 18 November to 26 January; plant out into open ground from 9 December to 26 January.

Pumpkin in Temuco: soil, season and weather

In Temuco the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 September, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 9 December, 95 days later.

Last spring frost	5 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 December, 95 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 May, 165 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 February – 10 April
Days left for picking	90
Daylight	13:35 on 28 October, 14:47 on 9 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Temuco: care after planting

Planted on 9 December: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

30 December — 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 Temuco during the pumpkin season

About 408 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (22 mm) and May the wettest (138 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	22	9.5	40	6	14:51
January	24.3	10.7	29	4	14:35
February	25	11.4	22	4	13:33
March	21.4	9.5	69	7	12:23
April	16.9	7.5	110	11	11:06
May	13.6	5.5	138	12	10:03

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Temuco, Chillán is 25 days earlier and Bariloche 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Valdivia	131 km	11 December – 17 February	2 days later
Los Ángeles	143 km	23 November – 4 February	16 days earlier
Osorno	208 km	29 December – 5 February	20 days later
Concepción	216 km	6 December – 16 February	3 days earlier
Chillán	241 km	14 November – 15 February	25 days earlier
Bariloche	290 km	from 3 January	25 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Temuco

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 December to 26 January (from 18 November to 26 January for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 October to 15 December. Within 15 km of Temuco OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 8 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Metinka Chicken — farm shop
1 km
Granja Apícola — farm shop
1 km
Apicent 1062 — farm shop
1 km
Plásticos Aldunate — farm shop
2 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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