When to plant pumpkins in Kovel: 8 June – 16 July

In Kovel, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 18 May to 16 July; plant out into open ground from 8 June to 16 July.

Pumpkin in Kovel: soil, season and weather

In Kovel the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 8 June, 49 days later.

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 June, 49 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 November, 155 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 August – 29 September
Days left for picking	80
Daylight	14:33 on 27 April, 16:26 on 8 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kovel: 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 Kovel during the pumpkin season

About 402 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (45 mm) and July the wettest (101 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.9	13.9	76	12	16:33
July	24.6	15.1	101	14	16:09
August	25.1	14.7	59	9	14:38
September	20	10.9	66	9	12:42
October	13.6	6.1	55	10	10:46
November	6.6	1.6	45	9	8:56

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Kovel's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lutsk	68 km	5 June – 26 June	3 days earlier
Brest	120 km	4 June – 19 July	4 days earlier
Rivne	127 km	4 June – 22 July	4 days earlier
Pinsk	138 km	8 June – 5 July	same day
Lublin	148 km	7 June – 16 July	1 day earlier
Lviv	161 km	7 June – 18 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kovel

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 June to 16 July (from 18 May to 16 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 4 June. Within 15 km of Kovel OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Центральний (Брестський) ринок — market
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Привокзальний ринок — market
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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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