When to plant cucumbers in Oryol: 11 June – 1 August

In Oryol, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 23 April to 4 July; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 1 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Продукты (farm shop, 1 km) and Сберегайка (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Oryol: soil, season and weather

In Oryol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 11 June, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 44 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 May – 1 August; May outside: 7.4 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	16 October, 127 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 July – 4 September
Days left for picking	93
Daylight	15:44 on 14 May, 16:50 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Oryol: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 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 Oryol during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (11.2 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	12.6	71	11	16:53
July	24.5	14.7	78	13	16:27
August	24.3	13.9	63	9	14:48
September	18.6	9.1	44	7	12:45
October	11.2	3.9	63	12	10:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Oryol, Kursk is 13 days earlier and Tula 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bryansk	122 km	11 June – 5 August	same day
Kursk	138 km	29 May – 6 August	13 days earlier
Tula	170 km	14 June – 31 July	3 days later
Kaluga	174 km	12 June – 27 July	1 day later
Shostka	216 km	30 May – 5 August	12 days earlier
Stary Oskol	222 km	29 May – 7 August	13 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Oryol

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 1 August (from 21 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 April to 4 July. Within 15 km of Oryol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Центральный — market
Воскресенский переулок 13 · 1 km
Продукты — farm shop
Московская улица 80, Орёл · Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00 · 1 km
Сберегайка — farm shop
Поселковая улица · 4 km
Цветы — garden centre
2 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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