When to plant pumpkins in Zacatecas: 21 February – 1 August

In Zacatecas, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 20 December to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 31 January to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 21 February to 1 August.

Pumpkin in Zacatecas: soil, season and weather

In Zacatecas the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 21 February, 23 days later.

Last spring frost	29 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 February, 23 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	26 November, 278 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 May – 15 October
Days left for picking	203
Daylight	10:50 on 10 January, 11:31 on 21 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, March, has 1 rainy day

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

Pumpkin in Zacatecas: care after planting

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

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

14 March — 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 Zacatecas during the pumpkin season

About 454 mm of rain falls in the season; March is the driest month (4 mm) and July the wettest (114 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	21.8	7.1	14	2	11:24
March	24.6	9	4	1	12:00
April	26.5	11	7	2	12:40
May	28.1	13.2	17	4	13:13
June	26.5	13.4	64	10	13:31
July	24.2	12.5	114	15	13:24
August	24.5	12.6	85	13	12:56
September	22.6	12	101	14	12:18
October	22.5	10.3	29	7	11:39
November	21.5	8.3	19	3	11:03

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Zacatecas, Torreón is 25 days earlier and Morelia 56 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Aguascalientes	104 km	8 February – 17 August	13 days earlier
San Luis Potosí	178 km	7 March – 20 August	14 days later
Durango	254 km	19 February – 13 August	2 days earlier
Torreón	320 km	27 January – 21 August	25 days earlier
Saltillo	337 km	27 February – 1 August	6 days later
Morelia	371 km	18 April – 27 August	56 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Zacatecas

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 February to 1 August (from 31 January to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 December to 20 June. Within 15 km of Zacatecas OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Genaro Codina — market
1 km
González Ortega Mercado — market
1 km
Mercado Roberto del Real Carranza — 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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