When to plant pumpkins in Aktau: 28 April – 16 July

In Aktau, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 April to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 28 April to 16 July.

Pumpkin in Aktau: soil, season and weather

In Aktau the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 April, 37 days later.

Last spring frost	22 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 April, 37 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 November, 196 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 29 September
Days left for picking	121
Daylight	11:58 on 17 March, 14:00 on 28 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in Aktau hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Aktau: care after planting

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

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

19 May — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of pumpkin 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 Aktau during the pumpkin season

About 122 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (4 mm) and May the wettest (28 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.4	8.6	21	5	13:24
May	25.8	14.9	28	5	14:42
June	32.2	20.5	10	2	15:25
July	34.6	23.1	10	2	15:08
August	34	22	4	1	14:01
September	26.5	15.4	13	3	12:33
October	18.4	8.6	19	3	11:05
November	10.3	2.4	17	3	9:42

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Aktau; the closest date is in Ganja, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Makhachkala	306 km	9 May – 15 August	11 days later
Baku	377 km	7 May – 29 August	9 days later
Atyrau	387 km	4 May – 7 July	6 days later
Astrakhan	387 km	3 May – 17 July	5 days later
Ganja	517 km	30 April – 16 August	2 days later
Vladikavkaz	530 km	28 June – 8 August	61 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Aktau

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 April to 16 July (from 7 April to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 4 June. Within 15 km of Aktau OpenStreetMap lists 9 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Магаш — market
31 микрорайон · 2 km
РИД-СК — market
1 km
Асем — market
1 km
РУСКАЗ — market
1 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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