When to plant cucumbers in Chita: 22 June – 9 July

In Chita, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 4 May to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 9 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 9 July.

Cucumber in Chita: soil, season and weather

In Chita the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 22 June, 34 days later. 93 days separate planting out (22 June) from the first autumn frost (23 September); the card's 34 days to the first harvest leave 59 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	19 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 June – 9 July; June outside: 10.9 °C at night, 23.5 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	23 September, 93 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 12 August
Days left for picking	59
Daylight	16:08 on 25 May, 16:45 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, June, has 10 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Chita: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 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 Chita during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (15.3 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 14.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	10.9	52	10	16:42
July	25.1	14.3	109	11	16:17
August	21.6	11.6	88	11	14:43
September	15.3	4.9	61	9	12:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Chita, Ulan-Ude is 10 days earlier and Yakutsk 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ulan-Ude	404 km	12 June – 15 July	10 days earlier
Irkutsk	627 km	15 June – 16 July	7 days earlier
Blagoveshchensk	997 km	15 June – 19 July	7 days earlier
Krasnoyarsk	1,412 km	18 June – 13 July	4 days earlier
Yakutsk	1,474 km	28 June – 4 July	6 days later
Khabarovsk	1,579 km	15 June – 1 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Chita

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 9 July (from 1 June to 9 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 May to 11 June. Within 15 km of Chita OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Новый рынок — market
0 km
Рынок Десятка — market
3 km
Фермерский рынок — market
6 km
Витэн — market
улица Чкалова 1А · 3 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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