When to plant pumpkins in Arkhangelsk: 12 July – 25 July

In Arkhangelsk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 10 May to 13 June; plant into a greenhouse from 21 June to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 12 July to 25 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Семена (garden centre, 1 km) and Биолаборатория (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Arkhangelsk: soil, season and weather

In Arkhangelsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 12 July, 49 days later. Planting out on 12 July leaves 88 days to the first autumn frost on 8 October, only 13 more than the card's 75 days to the first harvest; an unheated greenhouse, three weeks earlier, would add 21.

Last spring frost	24 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 July, 49 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	8 October, 88 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 September – 8 October
Days left for picking	13
Daylight	20:13 on 31 May, 20:20 on 12 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 14 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Arkhangelsk: care after planting

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

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

2 August — 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 Arkhangelsk during the pumpkin season

About 293 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (65 mm) and July the wettest (83 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	21.5	12.3	83	13	20:02
August	19	10.9	77	13	16:35
September	13.6	6.9	68	13	13:09
October	5.7	1.2	65	14	9:52

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Arkhangelsk, Saint Petersburg is 25 days earlier and Murmansk 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Petrozavodsk	438 km	1 July – 3 August	11 days earlier
Murmansk	589 km	13 July – 20 July	1 day later
Vologda	594 km	22 June – 27 July	20 days earlier
Syktyvkar	607 km	27 June – 19 July	15 days earlier
Cherepovets	618 km	22 June – 22 June	20 days earlier
Saint Petersburg	736 km	17 June – 25 June	25 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Arkhangelsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 July to 25 July (from 21 June to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 May to 13 June. Within 15 km of Arkhangelsk OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Семена — garden centre
Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat, Sun 10:00–17:00 · 1 km
Биолаборатория — garden centre
Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat 10:00–16:00; Sun 10:00–15:00 · 2 km
Садовод — garden centre
Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 2 km
Дачный — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 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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