When to plant pumpkins in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi: 17 May – 1 August

In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 1 August.

Pumpkin in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi: soil, season and weather

In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 17 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 55 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	26 November, 193 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 July – 15 October
Days left for picking	118
Daylight	13:00 on 5 April, 15:02 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

The same dates in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi: care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 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 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi during the pumpkin season

About 283 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (24 mm) and June the wettest (56 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.9	12.5	53	10	14:57
June	26.8	18.5	56	8	15:45
July	28.9	20.6	31	6	15:26
August	29.1	20.5	24	4	14:12
September	23.4	15.9	40	5	12:36
October	16.8	10.2	37	5	10:59
November	10.3	5	42	7	9:28

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Odesa	43 km	23 May – 31 July	6 days later
Chișinău	146 km	24 May – 23 July	7 days later
Izmail	150 km	20 May – 30 July	3 days later
Mykolaiv	153 km	17 May – 16 July	same day
Cahul	170 km	27 May – 23 July	10 days later
Kherson	181 km	24 May – 23 July	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 1 August (from 26 April to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 20 June. Within 15 km of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 7 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Центральний — market
07:00–14:00 · 9 km
Семена — garden centre
1 km
Насіння — garden centre
1 km
Хуторок — 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.

Questions