When to plant cucumbers in Makhachkala: 9 May – 25 September

In Makhachkala, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 28 August; plant into a greenhouse from 18 April to 25 September; plant out into open ground from 9 May to 25 September.

Cucumber in Makhachkala: soil, season and weather

In Makhachkala the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 9 May, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	5 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 May, 65 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 April – 25 September; April outside: 9.7 °C at night, 16.1 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	10 December, 215 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 June – 29 October
Days left for picking	181
Daylight	13:11 on 11 April, 14:25 on 9 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Makhachkala: care after planting

Planted on 9 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 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 Makhachkala during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (12.2 °C) and December (7.7 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and October–December (3.1–14.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.4	14.8	46	8	14:38
June	27.2	20.2	33	7	15:20
July	29.7	22.9	36	5	15:04
August	29.5	22.7	23	4	13:58
September	24	18.3	52	7	12:33
October	18.1	12.6	58	8	11:06
November	12.2	7.1	53	8	9:45
December	7.7	3.1	43	9	9:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Makhachkala, Aktau is 11 days earlier and Vladikavkaz 50 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vladikavkaz	230 km	28 June – 7 August	50 days later
Tbilisi	263 km	24 May – 31 August	15 days later
Ganja	273 km	30 April – 26 September	9 days earlier
Aktau	306 km	28 April – 26 August	11 days earlier
Nalchik	320 km	3 June – 19 August	25 days later
Vanadzor	347 km	23 May – 11 July	14 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Makhachkala

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 May to 25 September (from 18 April to 25 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 28 August. Within 15 km of Makhachkala OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Оптовый рынок — market
улица Байрамова 5/1, Каспийск · 15 km
Рынок №2/с Белинского — market
улица Батырая 3, 367000 Махачкала · 0 km
Рынок ШАМ — market
проспект Гамидова 47М · 2 km
Рынок Север — market
08:30–12:30, 15:30–20:00 · 8 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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