When to plant pumpkins in Ganja: 30 April – 16 August

In Ganja, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 February to 5 July; plant into a greenhouse from 9 April to 16 August; plant out into open ground from 30 April to 16 August.

Pumpkin in Ganja: soil, season and weather

In Ganja the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 30 April, 57 days later.

Last spring frost	4 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	30 April, 57 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 December, 225 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 July – 30 October
Days left for picking	150
Daylight	12:04 on 19 March, 13:53 on 30 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, December, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ganja: care after planting

Planted on 30 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

21 May — 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 Ganja during the pumpkin season

About 300 mm of rain falls in the season; December is the driest month (13 mm) and May the wettest (57 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.6	8.6	40	7	13:16
May	24.6	13.6	57	10	14:26
June	30.5	18.7	41	7	15:04
July	33.1	21.5	39	5	14:49
August	32.8	21	24	4	13:49
September	26.4	16.5	36	7	12:31
October	19.8	11	34	7	11:11
November	13.7	5.4	16	5	9:56
December	8.7	1.4	13	3	9:17

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Ganja; the closest date is in Makhachkala, 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vanadzor	158 km	23 May – 31 May	23 days later
Yerevan	166 km	29 May – 8 July	29 days later
Tbilisi	175 km	24 May – 21 July	24 days later
Gyumri	212 km	11 June – 25 June	42 days later
Makhachkala	273 km	9 May – 15 August	9 days later
Vladikavkaz	297 km	28 June – 8 August	59 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ganja

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 April to 16 August (from 9 April to 16 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 February to 5 July. Within 15 km of Ganja OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

AzGübrə — garden centre
13 km
Sərçə Bazarı Gəncə — market
3 km
Bazar — market
10 km
İlkinin Ferması — farm shop
6 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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