When to plant cucumbers in Oral (Uralsk): 26 May – 29 July

In Oral (Uralsk), cucumber: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 1 July; plant into a greenhouse from 5 May to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 26 May to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Қарақат (farm shop, 11 km) and BIRLIK (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Oral (Uralsk): soil, season and weather

In Oral (Uralsk) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 26 May, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 May, 39 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	5 May – 29 July; May outside: 9.9 °C at night, 22.2 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	13 October, 140 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 June – 1 September
Days left for picking	106
Daylight	14:37 on 28 April, 16:03 on 26 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

The same dates in Oral (Uralsk) hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Oral (Uralsk): care after planting

Planted on 26 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 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 Oral (Uralsk) during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29.9 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (12.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 3.5 °C to 17.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.2	9.9	31	7	15:33
June	26.8	14.8	43	6	16:34
July	29.9	17.7	28	5	16:10
August	29.3	16.5	18	4	14:38
September	21	9.6	28	6	12:42
October	12.4	3.5	43	8	10:46

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Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber later than Oral (Uralsk); the closest date is in Orenburg, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Samara	234 km	31 May – 6 August	5 days later
Orenburg	260 km	27 May – 27 July	1 day later
Tolyatti	290 km	29 May – 8 August	3 days later
Saratov	376 km	28 May – 11 August	2 days later
Ulyanovsk	399 km	30 May – 8 August	4 days later
Sterlitamak	405 km	2 June – 22 July	7 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Oral (Uralsk)

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 May to 29 July (from 5 May to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 1 July. Within 15 km of Oral (Uralsk) OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 18 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Камилла — market
улица Константина Циолковского · 1 km
рынок Мирлан — market
Мұхит көшесі 27 · 6 km
Қарақат — farm shop
улица Ш. Валиханова 19, 090009 Зачаганск · Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 11 km
BIRLIK — farm shop
улица Камбар батыра 85/1, 090009 Зачаганск · Mon–Sun 09:00–23:30 · 12 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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