When to plant pumpkins in Kokshetau: 1 June – 4 June

In Kokshetau, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 23 April; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 4 June; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 4 June.

Pumpkin in Kokshetau: soil, season and weather

In Kokshetau the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 1 June, 25 days later. 120 days separate planting out (1 June) from the first autumn frost (29 September); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 45 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	7 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 25 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	29 September, 120 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 August – 18 August
Days left for picking	45
Daylight	14:17 on 20 April, 16:37 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kokshetau: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

22 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 Kokshetau during the pumpkin season

About 243 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (51 mm) and July the wettest (80 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.2	12	57	11	16:57
July	25.1	14.4	80	12	16:31
August	23.1	12.2	55	10	14:50
September	16.3	6.5	51	8	12:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Kokshetau, Astana is 4 days earlier and Petropavl 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Petropavl	177 km	7 June – 16 July	6 days later
Astana	273 km	28 May – 4 June	4 days earlier
Omsk	321 km	4 June – 15 July	3 days later
Kurgan	356 km	1 June – 6 June	same day
Kostanay	384 km	30 May – 7 June	2 days earlier
Karaganda	464 km	28 May – 4 June	4 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kokshetau

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 4 June (from 11 May to 4 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 23 April. Within 15 km of Kokshetau OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Центральный рынок Кокшетау — market
улица Юрия Гагарина 53 · 1 km
Хасенов базары — market
2 km
Рынок "Жибек Жолы" — market
2 km
восточный рынок — 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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