When to plant pumpkins in Kirov: 8 June – 19 July

In Kirov, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 7 June; plant into a greenhouse from 18 May to 19 July; plant out into open ground from 8 June to 19 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Дачница (garden centre, 1 km) and Зелёный круг (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Kirov: soil, season and weather

In Kirov the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 8 June, 29 days later. 116 days separate planting out (8 June) from the first autumn frost (2 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 41 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	10 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 June, 29 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 October, 116 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 August – 2 October
Days left for picking	41
Daylight	15:23 on 27 April, 18:08 on 8 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kirov: care after planting

Planted on 8 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 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 Kirov during the pumpkin season

About 329 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (58 mm) and July the wettest (89 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.5	10.5	63	11	18:19
July	23.5	13.8	89	12	17:42
August	21.6	12.2	60	9	15:30
September	14.5	6.5	58	11	12:54
October	6.7	1.2	59	13	10:21

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Kirov, Kazan is 7 days earlier and Syktyvkar 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Yoshkar-Ola	242 km	3 June – 17 June	5 days earlier
Izhevsk	286 km	10 June – 20 July	2 days later
Cheboksary	310 km	2 June – 22 June	6 days earlier
Kazan	314 km	1 June – 18 June	7 days earlier
Syktyvkar	346 km	27 June – 19 July	19 days later
Naberezhnye Chelny	359 km	1 June – 15 June	7 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kirov

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 June to 19 July (from 18 May to 19 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 7 June. Within 15 km of Kirov OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 9 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Зелёный круг — garden centre
Профсоюзная улица 84, Киров · 2 km
Садовый центр Первоцвет — garden centre
улица Дзержинского 68А · 5 km
Дачница — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00, Sat–Sun 09:00–16:00 · 1 km
Первоцвет — plant nursery
Ёлочная улица 2А · 8 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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