When to plant bell peppers in Vanadzor: 23 May – 5 June

In Vanadzor, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 3 March to 6 April; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 5 June; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 5 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Nalbandyan Agro (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Bell Pepper in Vanadzor: soil, season and weather

In the median year the top 7 cm of soil in Vanadzor does not reach 18 °C, the minimum on the bell pepper card, before August; the date follows the last frost (16 May), and the bed stays cooler than the card asks. 125 days separate planting out (23 May) from the first autumn frost (25 September); the card's 70 days to the first harvest leave 55 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	16 May
Into an unheated greenhouse	2 May – 5 June; May outside: 1.6 °C at night, 10.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	25 September, 125 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 14 August
Days left for picking	55
Daylight	12:18 on 24 March, 14:41 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, August, has 15 rainy days

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

Bell Pepper in Vanadzor: care after planting

Planted on 23 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

23 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
20 June — 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 Vanadzor during the bell pepper season

No month of the season averages above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 17.8 °C. Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: May (10.8 °C), June (14.9 °C) and September (14.1 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in every month of the season, from 1.6 °C to 8.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	10.8	1.6	175	24	14:26
June	14.9	6.3	182	23	15:05
July	17	8.5	121	19	14:50
August	17.8	8.6	68	15	13:50
September	14.1	5.5	100	15	12:31

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Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Vanadzor, Ganja is 23 days earlier and Vladikavkaz 36 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Gyumri	54 km	11 June – 30 June	19 days later
Yerevan	70 km	29 May – 13 July	6 days later
Tbilisi	104 km	24 May – 26 July	1 day later
Ganja	158 km	30 April – 21 August	23 days earlier
Kutaisi	220 km	23 May – 30 August	same day
Vladikavkaz	248 km	28 June – 2 July	36 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Vanadzor

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 5 June (from 2 May to 5 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 March to 6 April. Within 15 km of Vanadzor OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Nalbandyan Agro — farm supply
Մոսկովյան փողոց 56Ա, Վանաձոր · 1 km
BENJAMIN GUMUCHDJIAN NURSERY — plant nursery
9 km
Market — market
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Բանջարեղենի շուկա — market
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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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