When to plant pumpkins in Fastiv: 31 May – 27 June

In Fastiv, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 16 May; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 27 June.

Pumpkin in Fastiv: soil, season and weather

In Fastiv the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 44 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 October, 144 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 10 September
Days left for picking	69
Daylight	13:59 on 19 April, 16:02 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Fastiv: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 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 Fastiv during the pumpkin season

About 324 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (35 mm) and July the wettest (68 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	9	64	11	15:24
June	25.1	14.7	62	11	16:21
July	26.2	15.9	68	10	15:59
August	26.2	15.2	41	7	14:32
September	20.9	10.8	35	7	12:41
October	13.6	5.7	54	9	10:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Fastiv, Kyiv is 1 day earlier and Irpin 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bila Tserkva	34 km	3 June – 5 July	3 days later
Irpin	54 km	6 June – 27 June	6 days later
Kyiv	59 km	30 May – 15 July	1 day earlier
Brovary	78 km	31 May – 15 July	same day
Boryspil	79 km	31 May – 5 July	same day
Zhytomyr	92 km	1 June – 25 June	1 day later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Fastiv

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 27 June (from 10 May to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 16 May. Within 15 km of Fastiv OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 5 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Хитрий ринок — market
1 km
Ринок Фаст — market
1 km
Шанс — market
2 km
Капусточка — market
2 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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