When to plant pumpkins in Toluca: 3 April – 30 August

In Toluca, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 January to 19 July; plant into a greenhouse from 13 March to 30 August; plant out into open ground from 3 April to 30 August.

Pumpkin in Toluca: soil, season and weather

In Toluca the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 April, 69 days later.

Last spring frost	24 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 April, 69 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	25 December, 266 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 June – 13 November
Days left for picking	191
Daylight	11:36 on 20 February, 12:22 on 3 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, December, has 5 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Toluca: care after planting

Planted on 3 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Toluca during the pumpkin season

About 1066 mm of rain falls in the season; December is the driest month (18 mm) and September the wettest (224 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.4	7.9	31	9	12:34
May	22.3	9.1	89	15	13:02
June	20	9.5	210	19	13:17
July	17.9	8.8	170	25	13:11
August	18	8.9	184	23	12:48
September	17.9	9.1	224	21	12:16
October	17.9	7.8	104	14	11:43
November	18.2	6.1	36	6	11:14
December	17.3	4.7	18	5	10:59

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Toluca, Pachuca is 56 days earlier and Morelia 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pachuca	135 km	6 February – 16 August	56 days earlier
Morelia	166 km	18 April – 27 August	15 days later
San Luis Potosí	347 km	7 March – 20 August	27 days earlier
Aguascalientes	397 km	8 February – 17 August	54 days earlier
Zacatecas	492 km	21 February – 1 August	41 days earlier
Saltillo	697 km	27 February – 1 August	35 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Toluca

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 April to 30 August (from 13 March to 30 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 January to 19 July. Within 15 km of Toluca OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 191 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 11 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercado "16 de Septiembre" — market
2 km
Mercado Juárez — market
2 km
Mercado 16 de Septiembre — market
8 km
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla — market
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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