When to plant bell peppers in Smolensk: 17 June – 22 June

In Smolensk, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 28 March to 23 April; plant into a greenhouse from 27 May to 22 June; plant out into open ground from 17 June to 22 June.

Bell Pepper in Smolensk: soil, season and weather

In Smolensk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 17 June, 44 days later. 117 days separate planting out (17 June) from the first autumn frost (12 October); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 47 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	4 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 June, 44 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 May – 22 June; May outside: 6.5 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	12 October, 117 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 August – 31 August
Days left for picking	47
Daylight	14:17 on 18 April, 17:18 on 17 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Smolensk: care after planting

Planted on 17 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

17 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
15 July — 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 Smolensk 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 22.7 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: October (9.8 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 3.6 °C to 13.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.9	12.1	84	13	17:17
July	22.7	13.9	100	16	16:48
August	22.5	13	74	11	15:00
September	17	8.6	59	9	12:47
October	9.8	3.6	68	13	10:35

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Smolensk, Barysaw is 11 days earlier and Vitebsk 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Orsha	110 km	12 June – 21 June	5 days earlier
Vitebsk	127 km	18 June – 26 June	1 day later
Mogilev	148 km	9 June – 27 June	8 days earlier
Polatsk	222 km	11 June – 30 June	6 days earlier
Bryansk	224 km	11 June – 30 June	6 days earlier
Barysaw	237 km	6 June – 30 June	11 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Smolensk

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 June to 22 June (from 27 May to 22 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 March to 23 April. Within 15 km of Smolensk OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 8 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

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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