When to plant pumpkins in Lida: 11 June – 5 July

In Lida, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 9 April to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 5 July; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 5 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include По пути (farm shop, 3 km) and По пути (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Lida: soil, season and weather

In Lida the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 11 June, 36 days later.

Last spring frost	6 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 36 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 October, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 August – 18 September
Days left for picking	66
Daylight	15:01 on 30 April, 17:01 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Lida: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 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 Lida during the pumpkin season

About 402 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (59 mm) and July the wettest (129 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.8	12.7	71	12	17:05
July	23.1	14.2	129	15	16:37
August	23.3	13.6	71	10	14:54
September	18.4	9.9	59	9	12:46
October	11.5	5	72	13	10:38

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Lida, Grodno is 3 days earlier and Vilnius 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vilnius	90 km	12 June – 25 June	1 day later
Baranovichi	96 km	11 June – 2 July	same day
Grodno	99 km	8 June – 14 July	3 days earlier
Maladzyechna	112 km	11 June – 24 June	same day
Minsk	148 km	11 June – 6 July	same day
Białystok	164 km	8 June – 7 July	3 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Lida

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 5 July (from 21 May to 5 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 April to 24 May. Within 15 km of Lida OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

По пути — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 3 km
По пути — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 3 km
По пути — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 3 km
Бахча — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 3 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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