When to plant cucumbers in Samarkand: 28 April – 20 August

In Samarkand, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 10 March to 23 July; plant into a greenhouse from 7 April to 20 August; plant out into open ground from 28 April to 20 August.

Cucumber in Samarkand: soil, season and weather

In Samarkand the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 28 April, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 April, 40 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 April – 20 August; April outside: 8.6 °C at night, 21.5 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	4 November, 190 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 June – 23 September
Days left for picking	156
Daylight	12:36 on 31 March, 13:45 on 28 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Samarkand: care after planting

Planted on 28 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 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 Samarkand during the cucumber season

Days average above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C in July (36.9 °C). Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (14.3 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April, May and September–November (1.5–13.6 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.5	8.6	71	9	13:14
May	27.8	13.6	60	8	14:21
June	33.9	18.2	6	2	14:57
July	36.9	20.9	1	0	14:43
August	34.6	18.3	3	1	13:46
September	29.9	13.6	6	1	12:30
October	21.6	7.3	33	5	11:13
November	14.3	1.5	40	6	10:01

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Samarkand, Bukhara is 21 days earlier and Shymkent 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bukhara	218 km	7 April – 21 August	21 days earlier
Tashkent	266 km	27 April – 21 August	1 day earlier
Shymkent	372 km	29 April – 21 August	1 day later
Turkistan	419 km	27 April – 18 August	1 day earlier
Namangan	426 km	19 April – 24 August	9 days earlier
Andijan	474 km	17 April – 24 August	11 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Samarkand

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 April to 20 August (from 7 April to 20 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 March to 23 July. Within 15 km of Samarkand OpenStreetMap lists 6 farm-supply shops and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Xazora — market
Wed, Sun 07:00–18:00 · 7 km
Министрой — farm supply
3 km
Хозмаг — farm supply
4 km
Хозмаг2 — farm supply
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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