When to plant pumpkins in Cherepovets: 22 June – 22 June

In Cherepovets, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 20 April to 11 May; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 22 June; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 22 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Деревенское яйцо (farm shop, 4 km) and Северный градус (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Cherepovets: soil, season and weather

In Cherepovets the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 22 June, 42 days later. 117 days separate planting out (22 June) from the first autumn frost (17 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 42 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	11 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 42 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 October, 117 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 5 September
Days left for picking	42
Daylight	16:36 on 11 May, 18:33 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Cherepovets: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 Cherepovets during the pumpkin season

About 409 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (75 mm) and July the wettest (100 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.1	10.4	75	12	18:30
July	22.2	13.3	100	16	17:51
August	20.7	12	81	13	15:34
September	14.7	7.6	76	11	12:55
October	7.1	1.9	77	14	10:19

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Cherepovets, Yaroslavl is 7 days earlier and Petrozavodsk 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vologda	113 km	22 June – 27 July	same day
Yaroslavl	202 km	15 June – 15 June	7 days earlier
Kostroma	232 km	18 June – 28 July	4 days earlier
Tver	279 km	16 June – 27 July	6 days earlier
Ivanovo	298 km	15 June – 16 June	7 days earlier
Petrozavodsk	353 km	1 July – 3 August	9 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Cherepovets

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 22 June (from 1 June to 22 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 April to 11 May. Within 15 km of Cherepovets OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Деревенское яйцо — farm shop
улица Гоголя 58 с1, 162603 Череповец · Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 4 km
Северный градус — farm shop
Рабочая улица 23А, Тоншалово · 8 km
Наташа — garden centre
2 km · natasha-naberezhnaja-ulitsa.clients.site
Садовый центр — garden centre
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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