When to plant pumpkins in Bukhara: 7 April – 11 July

In Bukhara, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 3 February to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 17 March to 11 July; plant out into open ground from 7 April to 11 July.

Pumpkin in Bukhara: soil, season and weather

In Bukhara the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 14 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 7 April, 24 days later.

Last spring frost	14 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	7 April, 24 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	5 November, 212 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 24 September
Days left for picking	137
Daylight	11:04 on 24 February, 12:54 on 7 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bukhara: care after planting

Planted on 7 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

28 April — 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 Bukhara during the pumpkin season

About 58 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (0 mm) and April the wettest (21 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	25.4	10.9	21	4	13:14
May	31.9	17.1	14	3	14:21
June	37.3	22	1	0	14:58
July	39.4	25.2	0	0	14:44
August	36.4	21.9	0	0	13:46
September	31.1	15.6	1	0	12:30
October	22.6	7.4	9	2	11:12
November	14.5	1	12	3	10:01

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Bukhara; the closest date is in Nukus, 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Samarkand	218 km	28 April – 10 July	21 days later
Tashkent	441 km	27 April – 11 July	20 days later
Nukus	502 km	17 April – 8 July	10 days later
Turkistan	505 km	27 April – 8 July	20 days later
Shymkent	519 km	29 April – 11 July	22 days later
Kyzylorda	572 km	26 April – 25 June	19 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bukhara

Buy plants ready to set out from 7 April to 11 July (from 17 March to 11 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 February to 30 May. Within 15 km of Bukhara OpenStreetMap lists 13 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Kharvan bazaar — market
4 km
bozor — market
13 km
Universal market — market
2 km
Шарк Бозорча — 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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