When to plant pumpkins in Teruel: 12 June – 13 July

In Teruel, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 13 July; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 13 July.

Pumpkin in Teruel: soil, season and weather

In Teruel the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 12 June, 51 days later.

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 51 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	7 November, 148 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 August – 26 September
Days left for picking	73
Daylight	13:54 on 1 May, 15:01 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Teruel: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 July — 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 Teruel during the pumpkin season

About 212 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (22 mm) and June the wettest (47 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24	10.7	47	7	15:02
July	28.4	13.6	22	4	14:47
August	28.1	13.8	22	5	13:48
September	22	9.9	35	7	12:30
October	17.6	6.6	43	6	11:11
November	10.3	1.6	43	7	9:58

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Teruel; the closest date is in Cuenca (Spain), 29 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cuenca (Spain)	92 km	14 May – 19 July	29 days earlier
Castellón de la Plana	99 km	from 14 April	59 days earlier
Valencia	116 km	from 22 April	51 days earlier
Zaragoza	146 km	30 April – 25 August	43 days earlier
Tortosa	147 km	from 7 May	36 days earlier
Albacete	164 km	12 May – 1 August	31 days earlier

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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