When to plant pumpkins in Berdychiv: 4 June – 28 June

In Berdychiv, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 2 April to 17 May; plant into a greenhouse from 14 May to 28 June; plant out into open ground from 4 June to 28 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Садово-Огородній Центр (garden centre, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Berdychiv: soil, season and weather

In Berdychiv the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 4 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	4 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 October, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 August – 11 September
Days left for picking	66
Daylight	14:12 on 23 April, 16:07 on 4 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Berdychiv: care after planting

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

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

25 June — 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 Berdychiv during the pumpkin season

About 296 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (45 mm) and July the wettest (79 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.5	14.3	72	12	16:19
July	25.2	15.5	79	11	15:57
August	25.7	14.9	45	7	14:30
September	20.6	10.8	53	9	12:40
October	13.6	5.9	47	10	10:50

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Berdychiv, Fastiv is 4 days earlier and Irpin 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Zhytomyr	40 km	1 June – 25 June	3 days earlier
Vinnytsia	74 km	1 June – 25 June	3 days earlier
Fastiv	98 km	31 May – 27 June	4 days earlier
Bila Tserkva	111 km	3 June – 5 July	1 day earlier
Khmelnytskyi	126 km	5 June – 28 June	1 day later
Irpin	137 km	6 June – 27 June	2 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Berdychiv

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 June to 28 June (from 14 May to 28 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 April to 17 May. Within 15 km of Berdychiv OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 6 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Бердичівський хліб — farm shop
1 km
Гурман — farm shop
1 km
Садово-Огородній Центр — garden centre
вулиця Миру 8 · 1 km
Мясний павільйон — 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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