When to plant cucumbers in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi: 17 May – 11 September

In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 14 August; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 11 September; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 11 September.

Cucumber in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi: soil, season and weather

In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 17 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 55 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	26 April – 11 September; April outside: 7.3 °C at night, 15.7 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	26 November, 193 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 June – 15 October
Days left for picking	159
Daylight	13:44 on 19 April, 15:02 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

The same dates in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi: care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 May — 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 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 29.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (16.8 °C) and November (10.3 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and September–November (5–15.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.9	12.5	53	10	14:57
June	26.8	18.5	56	8	15:45
July	28.9	20.6	31	6	15:26
August	29.1	20.5	24	4	14:12
September	23.4	15.9	40	5	12:36
October	16.8	10.2	37	5	10:59
November	10.3	5	42	7	9:28

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Cucumber in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Odesa	43 km	23 May – 10 September	6 days later
Chișinău	146 km	24 May – 2 September	7 days later
Izmail	150 km	20 May – 9 September	3 days later
Mykolaiv	153 km	17 May – 26 August	same day
Cahul	170 km	27 May – 2 September	10 days later
Kherson	181 km	24 May – 2 September	7 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 11 September (from 26 April to 11 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 14 August. Within 15 km of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 7 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Ринок «Мельниця» — market
1 km
Central market — market
1 km
Ринок Ліманський — market
14 km
Ринок — market
15 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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