When to plant cucumbers in Nukus: 17 April – 18 August

In Nukus, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 27 February to 21 July; plant into a greenhouse from 27 March to 18 August; plant out into open ground from 17 April to 18 August.

Cucumber in Nukus: soil, season and weather

In Nukus the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 31 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 17 April, 17 days later.

Last spring frost	31 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 April, 17 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 March – 18 August; March outside: 1.9 °C at night, 14.2 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	2 November, 199 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 May – 21 September
Days left for picking	165
Daylight	12:07 on 20 March, 13:26 on 17 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 0 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Nukus: care after planting

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

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

24 April — 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 Nukus during the cucumber season

Days average above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C in July (37.4 °C). Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (9.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April, May and September–November (-1.2–16 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.8	9.5	19	4	13:21
May	29.5	16	21	4	14:35
June	35	20.8	4	1	15:17
July	37.4	23.6	3	1	15:00
August	34.3	20.3	1	0	13:56
September	27.3	14	7	1	12:32
October	18.4	6.2	10	2	11:07
November	9.4	-1.2	8	3	9:48

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Nukus, Bukhara is 10 days earlier and Atyrau 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bukhara	502 km	7 April – 21 August	10 days earlier
Kyzylorda	544 km	26 April – 5 August	9 days later
Samarkand	691 km	28 April – 20 August	11 days later
Aktau	697 km	28 April – 26 August	11 days later
Turkistan	711 km	27 April – 18 August	10 days later
Atyrau	798 km	4 May – 17 August	17 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Nukus

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 April to 18 August (from 27 March to 18 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 February to 21 July. Within 15 km of Nukus OpenStreetMap lists 24 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Central bazar — market
Ernazar Alakóz gúzarı · Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 0 km
Nukus construction materials market — market
Qaraqalpaqstannıń 60-jıllıǵı kóshesi · Mon closed; Tue–Sun 09:00–18:00 · 3 km
Nukus Central Market — market
Ernazar Alakóz gúzarı · 0 km
Sharbazar — market
Allayar Dosnazarov ko'shesi · 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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