When to plant pumpkins in Blagoveshchensk: 15 June – 20 July

In Blagoveshchensk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 8 June; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 20 July; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 20 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Дачница (garden centre, 2 km) and ЛБР (farm supply, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Blagoveshchensk: soil, season and weather

In Blagoveshchensk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 June, 48 days later. 110 days separate planting out (15 June) from the first autumn frost (3 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 35 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 48 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 October, 110 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 August – 3 October
Days left for picking	35
Daylight	14:52 on 4 May, 16:23 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 6 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Blagoveshchensk: care after planting

Planted on 15 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

6 July — 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 Blagoveshchensk during the pumpkin season

About 472 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (27 mm) and August the wettest (142 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.2	13.7	109	13	16:23
July	27.4	18.4	110	13	16:00
August	23.5	15.3	142	14	14:33
September	18.3	8.9	84	10	12:41
October	7.5	-1.8	27	6	10:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Blagoveshchensk, Chuncheon is 22 days earlier and Sapporo 32 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Khabarovsk	582 km	15 June – 21 June	same day
Vladivostok	862 km	6 July – 11 July	21 days later
Chita	997 km	22 June – 10 July	7 days later
Yakutsk	1,313 km	28 June – 5 July	13 days later
Sapporo	1,322 km	17 July – 3 August	32 days later
Chuncheon	1,380 km	24 May – 6 July	22 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Blagoveshchensk

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 20 July (from 25 May to 20 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 8 June. Within 15 km of Blagoveshchensk OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Дачница — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–20:00 · 2 km
ЛБР — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · 5 km · lbr.ru
Три кита — market
Пионерская улица 72, Благовещенск · 1 km
XL — market
улица Шевченко 85 · 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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