When to plant pumpkins in Ivanovo: 15 June – 16 June

In Ivanovo, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 5 May; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 16 June; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 16 June.

Pumpkin in Ivanovo: soil, season and weather

In Ivanovo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 15 June, 43 days later. 118 days separate planting out (15 June) from the first autumn frost (11 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 43 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	3 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 43 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 October, 118 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 August – 30 August
Days left for picking	43
Daylight	15:42 on 4 May, 17:51 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ivanovo: 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 Ivanovo during the pumpkin season

About 318 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (50 mm) and July the wettest (76 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	11	72	11	17:51
July	23.9	14.1	76	13	17:17
August	22.6	12.5	60	11	15:16
September	16.1	7.6	50	10	12:51
October	8.5	2.5	60	13	10:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod is 13 days earlier and Vologda 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kostroma	86 km	18 June – 28 July	3 days later
Yaroslavl	96 km	15 June – 15 June	same day
Vladimir	102 km	13 June – 20 June	2 days earlier
Nizhny Novgorod	200 km	2 June – 23 June	13 days earlier
Moscow	248 km	14 June – 19 June	1 day earlier
Vologda	255 km	22 June – 27 July	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ivanovo

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 16 June (from 25 May to 16 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 5 May. Within 15 km of Ivanovo OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Минирынок — market
4 km
Красная Талка — market
2 km
Ангар — farm shop
5 km
Сказка — farm shop
4 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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