When to plant cucumbers in Bila Tserkva: 3 June – 15 August

In Bila Tserkva, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 15 April to 18 July; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 15 August; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 15 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Продукти (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Bila Tserkva: soil, season and weather

In Bila Tserkva the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 3 June, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 52 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 May – 15 August; May outside: 9.2 °C at night, 19.8 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	30 October, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 July – 18 September
Days left for picking	115
Daylight	14:55 on 6 May, 16:05 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

The same dates in Bila Tserkva hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Bila Tserkva: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

10 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of cucumber 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 Bila Tserkva during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (14.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 6 °C to 16.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.3	14.8	67	11	16:18
July	26.4	16.1	75	10	15:56
August	26.4	15.4	40	7	14:30
September	21.3	11	42	7	12:40
October	14.1	6	51	9	10:50

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Bila Tserkva, Kyiv is 4 days earlier and Irpin 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fastiv	34 km	31 May – 7 August	3 days earlier
Kyiv	78 km	30 May – 25 August	4 days earlier
Irpin	81 km	6 June – 7 August	3 days later
Boryspil	85 km	31 May – 15 August	3 days earlier
Brovary	92 km	31 May – 25 August	3 days earlier
Berdychiv	111 km	4 June – 8 August	1 day later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Bila Tserkva

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 15 August (from 13 May to 15 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 April to 18 July. Within 15 km of Bila Tserkva OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Ринок автозапчастин — market
проспект Незалежності · 4 km
Продукти — farm shop
вулиця Максима Залізняка 2 · 2 km
Ринок — market
2 km
Критий ринок — 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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