When to plant pumpkins in Zamora: 10 May – 24 July

In Zamora, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 8 March to 12 June; plant into a greenhouse from 19 April to 24 July; plant out into open ground from 10 May to 24 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Comercial Nuño (farm supply, 1 km) and AgroTécnica 2000 (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Zamora: soil, season and weather

In Zamora the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 10 May, 37 days later.

Last spring frost	3 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	10 May, 37 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 192 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 July – 7 October
Days left for picking	117
Daylight	12:32 on 29 March, 14:20 on 10 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 2 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Zamora: care after planting

Planted on 10 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

31 May — 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 Zamora during the pumpkin season

About 215 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (5 mm) and October the wettest (62 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.8	9.4	33	7	14:30
June	27.5	13.5	30	6	15:10
July	31.7	16.2	8	2	14:54
August	31.7	16.2	5	2	13:53
September	25.8	12.3	23	3	12:31
October	20.6	9.1	62	8	11:09
November	13.3	4.5	54	10	9:53

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Zamora; the closest date is in Valladolid, 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Salamanca	60 km	25 May – 29 July	15 days later
Valladolid	86 km	15 May – 2 August	5 days later
Bragança	91 km	29 May – 1 August	19 days later
Palencia	115 km	25 May – 18 July	15 days later
León (Spain)	122 km	25 May – 14 July	15 days later
Ávila	129 km	31 May – 23 July	21 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Zamora

Buy plants ready to set out from 10 May to 24 July (from 19 April to 24 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 March to 12 June. Within 15 km of Zamora OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Comercial Nuño — farm supply
Ronda de San Torcuato 9, 49006 Zamora · Mon–Fri 09:30–14:00 · 1 km
AgroTécnica 2000 — farm supply
Calle del Campo de Marte 15, 49007 Zamora · 1 km · agrotecnica2000.com
Mirat Agroservicios — farm supply
Calle del Campo de Marte 19, 49007 Zamora · 1 km · miratagroservicios.es
Agroshop — farm supply
Calle de la Puentica 11, 49031 Zamora · 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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