When to plant cucumbers in Vologda: 22 June – 26 July

In Vologda, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 4 May to 28 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Молочные продукты (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Vologda: soil, season and weather

In Vologda the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 22 June, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	13 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 40 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 June – 26 July; June outside: 10.2 °C at night, 20.1 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	10 October, 110 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 29 August
Days left for picking	76
Daylight	17:37 on 25 May, 18:35 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, October, has 12 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Vologda: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 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 Vologda during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 22.6 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (14.8 °C) and October (7.2 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1.7 °C to 13.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.1	10.2	73	11	18:32
July	22.6	13.3	101	15	17:52
August	20.8	11.7	91	13	15:35
September	14.8	7.2	67	11	12:56
October	7.2	1.7	66	12	10:19

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Vologda's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cherepovets	113 km	22 June – 2 August	same day
Kostroma	172 km	18 June – 27 July	4 days earlier
Yaroslavl	177 km	15 June – 26 July	7 days earlier
Ivanovo	255 km	15 June – 27 July	7 days earlier
Vladimir	344 km	13 June – 31 July	9 days earlier
Tver	352 km	16 June – 26 July	6 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Vologda

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 26 July (from 1 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 May to 28 June. Within 15 km of Vologda OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Рынок — market
Mon–Sun 08:30–19:00 · 3 km
Молочные продукты — farm shop
улица Панкратова 15, 160555 Молочное · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat, Sun 09:00–17:00 · 13 km
Цветы — garden centre
0 km
Рынок — market
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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