When to plant pumpkins in Kutaisi: 23 May – 25 August

In Kutaisi, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 14 July; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 25 August; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 25 August.

Pumpkin in Kutaisi: soil, season and weather

In Kutaisi the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 23 May, 67 days later.

Last spring frost	17 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 67 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 December, 211 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 8 November
Days left for picking	136
Daylight	13:09 on 11 April, 14:49 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Kutaisi: care after planting

Planted on 23 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 Kutaisi during the pumpkin season

About 1033 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (76 mm) and October the wettest (154 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.2	11.7	121	15	14:34
June	26.7	16.4	151	15	15:15
July	28.2	19	126	15	14:59
August	30.4	19.9	76	10	13:56
September	25.8	16.6	139	12	12:32
October	20.4	11.6	154	12	11:07
November	15.2	7.2	115	11	9:49
December	10.4	3.5	151	12	9:07

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Kutaisi, Batumi is 10 days earlier and Vladikavkaz 36 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Batumi	112 km	13 May – 18 August	10 days earlier
Nalchik	156 km	3 June – 9 July	11 days later
Vladikavkaz	182 km	28 June – 8 August	36 days later
Tbilisi	183 km	24 May – 21 July	1 day later
Gyumri	190 km	11 June – 25 June	19 days later
Vanadzor	220 km	23 May – 31 May	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Kutaisi

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 25 August (from 2 May to 25 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 14 July. Within 15 km of Kutaisi OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Nikea Market — market
ნიკეას ქუჩა, ქუთაისი · 00:00–24:00 · 3 km
Village Market — market
0 km
Tskaltubo Market — market
11 km
ნინოშვილის ბაზარი — market
1 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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