When to plant cucumbers in Magnitogorsk: 2 June – 12 July

In Magnitogorsk, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 14 April to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 12 July; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 12 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Виктория (garden centre, 4 km) and Виктория (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Magnitogorsk: soil, season and weather

In Magnitogorsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 2 June, 29 days later.

Last spring frost	4 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 29 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 12 July; May outside: 5.6 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	26 September, 116 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 July – 15 August
Days left for picking	82
Daylight	15:16 on 5 May, 16:41 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Magnitogorsk: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 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 Magnitogorsk during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (16.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5.9 °C to 14 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.8	11	53	9	16:59
July	25.7	14	65	9	16:32
August	24.3	12.3	43	9	14:51
September	16.1	5.9	40	8	12:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Magnitogorsk's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sterlitamak	204 km	2 June – 22 July	same day
Ufa	248 km	31 May – 17 July	2 days earlier
Chelyabinsk	250 km	31 May – 20 July	2 days earlier
Kostanay	307 km	30 May – 18 July	3 days earlier
Orenburg	320 km	27 May – 27 July	6 days earlier
Aktobe	369 km	28 May – 25 July	5 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Magnitogorsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 12 July (from 12 May to 12 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 April to 14 June. Within 15 km of Magnitogorsk OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Город-Сад — garden centre
5 km
Китайский рынок — market
1 km
Виктория — garden centre
Дачное шоссе 16А · 8 km
Виктория — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 4 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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