When to plant pumpkins in Kaluga: 12 June – 16 June

In Kaluga, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 5 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 16 June; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 16 June.

Pumpkin in Kaluga: soil, season and weather

In Kaluga the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 12 June, 45 days later. 121 days separate planting out (12 June) from the first autumn frost (11 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 46 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 45 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 October, 121 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 August – 30 August
Days left for picking	46
Daylight	15:09 on 1 May, 17:11 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kaluga: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 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 Kaluga during the pumpkin season

About 315 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (45 mm) and July the wettest (83 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.4	12.3	73	12	17:14
July	23.9	14.7	83	14	16:45
August	23.5	13.6	54	11	14:58
September	17.6	8.8	45	8	12:47
October	10.2	3.5	60	12	10:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Kaluga, Ryazan is 6 days earlier and Tver 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tula	95 km	14 June – 20 June	2 days later
Moscow	161 km	14 June – 19 June	2 days later
Oryol	174 km	11 June – 21 June	1 day earlier
Bryansk	190 km	11 June – 25 June	1 day earlier
Ryazan	221 km	6 June – 28 June	6 days earlier
Tver	260 km	16 June – 27 July	4 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kaluga

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 16 June (from 22 May to 16 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 April to 5 May. Within 15 km of Kaluga OpenStreetMap lists 19 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 11 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Мини-рынок «Георгиевский» — market
3 km
Минирынок «Спартак» — market
3 km
Азаровский мини-рынок — market
4 km
Торгово-рыночный комплекс «Правобережье» — market
5 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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