When to plant cucumbers in Ukraine: 12 May – 11 September
Cucumber in Ukraine: plant out into open ground from 12 May to 11 September; the window opens earliest in Nikopol and closes latest in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (44 cities).
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.
Planting window by climate zone
| Zone | Cities | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 210–269 frost-free days | Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Rivne, Cherkasy, Kropyvnytskyi, Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske, Kremenchuk, Brovary, Nikopol, Pavlohrad, Uman, Oleksandriia, Izmail, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | 12 May – 11 September |
| 150–209 frost-free days | Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Chernihiv, Uzhhorod, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, Bila Tserkva, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Mukachevo, Konotop, Drohobych, Shostka, Berdychiv, Kovel, Irpin, Kalush, Boryspil, Fastiv | 27 May – 26 August |
Cucumber: the window in each city
| City | Window | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Nikopol | 12 May – 5 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | 17 May – 11 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Mykolaiv | 17 May – 26 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Izmail | 20 May – 9 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Zaporizhzhia | 20 May – 28 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Odesa | 23 May – 10 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kherson | 24 May – 2 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kryvyi Rih | 25 May – 23 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Cherkasy | 26 May – 27 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Dnipro | 26 May – 24 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kropyvnytskyi | 26 May – 23 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kharkiv | 27 May – 6 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Oleksandriia | 27 May – 23 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Pavlohrad | 27 May – 22 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Uzhhorod | 27 May – 16 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Kamianske | 28 May – 24 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kremenchuk | 28 May – 23 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Poltava | 28 May – 8 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Konotop | 29 May – 6 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Sumy | 29 May – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Chernihiv | 30 May – 13 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Kamianets-Podilskyi | 30 May – 8 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Kyiv | 30 May – 25 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Shostka | 30 May – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Boryspil | 31 May – 15 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Brovary | 31 May – 25 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Fastiv | 31 May – 7 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Vinnytsia | 1 June – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Zhytomyr | 1 June – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Chernivtsi | 2 June – 6 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Uman | 2 June – 27 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bila Tserkva | 3 June – 15 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Berdychiv | 4 June – 8 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Rivne | 4 June – 1 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Ternopil | 4 June – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 5 June – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Khmelnytskyi | 5 June – 8 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Lutsk | 5 June – 6 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Irpin | 6 June – 7 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Lviv | 7 June – 28 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kovel | 8 June – 26 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Kalush | 11 June – 5 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Mukachevo | 11 June – 8 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Drohobych | 12 June – 6 August | 150–209 frost-free days |