When to plant pumpkins in Bila Tserkva: 3 June – 5 July

In Bila Tserkva, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 5 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 5 July.

Pumpkin in Bila Tserkva: soil, season and weather

In Bila Tserkva the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 52 days later.

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 52 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 October, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 18 September
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	14:08 on 22 April, 16:05 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bila Tserkva: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Bila Tserkva during the pumpkin season

About 275 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (40 mm) and July the wettest (75 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	25.3	14.8	67	11	16:18
July	26.4	16.1	75	10	15:56
August	26.4	15.4	40	7	14:30
September	21.3	11	42	7	12:40
October	14.1	6	51	9	10:50

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Bila Tserkva, Kyiv is 4 days earlier and Irpin 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fastiv	34 km	31 May – 27 June	3 days earlier
Kyiv	78 km	30 May – 15 July	4 days earlier
Irpin	81 km	6 June – 27 June	3 days later
Boryspil	85 km	31 May – 5 July	3 days earlier
Brovary	92 km	31 May – 15 July	3 days earlier
Berdychiv	111 km	4 June – 28 June	1 day later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bila Tserkva

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 5 July (from 13 May to 5 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 24 May. Within 15 km of Bila Tserkva OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Критий ринок — market
2 km
Ринок — market
2 km
Царинок — market
3 km
Базар — 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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