When to plant cucumbers in Veliky Novgorod: 12 June – 4 August

In Veliky Novgorod, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 7 July; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 4 August.

Cucumber in Veliky Novgorod: soil, season and weather

In Veliky Novgorod the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 12 June, 41 days later.

Last spring frost	2 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 41 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 May – 4 August; May outside: 5.8 °C at night, 16.9 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	19 October, 129 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 July – 7 September
Days left for picking	95
Daylight	16:47 on 15 May, 18:14 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Veliky Novgorod: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 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 Veliky Novgorod during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 22.8 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (16.5 °C) and October (9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 3.5 °C to 13.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.9	11.7	81	12	18:18
July	22.8	13.9	100	16	17:40
August	21.6	12.8	90	15	15:29
September	16.5	9	49	10	12:54
October	9	3.5	75	14	10:22

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Veliky Novgorod, Pskov is 3 days earlier and Tallinn 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Saint Petersburg	167 km	17 June – 5 August	5 days later
Pskov	189 km	9 June – 4 August	3 days earlier
Tver	331 km	16 June – 26 July	4 days later
Polatsk	369 km	11 June – 5 August	1 day earlier
Vitebsk	376 km	18 June – 1 August	6 days later
Tallinn	387 km	21 June – 17 August	9 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Veliky Novgorod

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 4 August (from 22 May to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 7 July. Within 15 km of Veliky Novgorod OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Сад и огород — garden centre
1 km
НЭП — farm supply
2 km
Центральный рынок — market
1 km
Григоровский продуктовый рынок — market
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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