When to plant bell peppers in Arkhangelsk: 12 July – 30 July

In Arkhangelsk, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 22 April to 31 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 June to 30 July; plant out into open ground from 12 July to 30 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Сияние (garden centre, 3 km) and Горше4ка (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Arkhangelsk: soil, season and weather

In Arkhangelsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 12 July, 49 days later. Planting out on 12 July leaves 88 days to the first autumn frost on 8 October, only 18 more than the card's 70 days to the first harvest; an unheated greenhouse, three weeks earlier, would add 21.

Last spring frost	24 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 July, 49 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 June – 30 July; June outside: 7.8 °C at night, 17.5 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	8 October, 88 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 September – 8 October
Days left for picking	18
Daylight	18:16 on 13 May, 20:20 on 12 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, October, has 14 rainy days

The same dates in Arkhangelsk hold for Cucumber, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Bell Pepper in Arkhangelsk: care after planting

Planted on 12 July: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

12 July — feed: balanced (NPK)
9 August — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of bell pepper 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 Arkhangelsk during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 21.5 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: September (13.6 °C) and October (5.7 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 1.2 °C to 12.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	21.5	12.3	83	13	20:02
August	19	10.9	77	13	16:35
September	13.6	6.9	68	13	13:09
October	5.7	1.2	65	14	9:52

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Arkhangelsk, Saint Petersburg is 25 days earlier and Murmansk 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Petrozavodsk	438 km	1 July – 8 August	11 days earlier
Murmansk	589 km	13 July – 25 July	1 day later
Vologda	594 km	22 June – 1 August	20 days earlier
Syktyvkar	607 km	27 June – 24 July	15 days earlier
Cherepovets	618 km	22 June – 27 June	20 days earlier
Saint Petersburg	736 km	17 June – 30 June	25 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Arkhangelsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 July to 30 July (from 21 June to 30 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 April to 31 May. Within 15 km of Arkhangelsk OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Сияние — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 3 km
Горше4ка — garden centre
Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 4 km
Дачник — garden centre
Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 7 km
Плодопитомник "Садовод" — garden centre
09:00–19:00 · 11 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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