When to plant pumpkins in Magnitogorsk: 2 June – 13 July

In Magnitogorsk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 31 March to 1 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 13 July; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 13 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Виктория (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Magnitogorsk: soil, season and weather

In Magnitogorsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 2 June, 29 days later. 116 days separate planting out (2 June) from the first autumn frost (26 September); 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	4 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 29 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	26 September, 116 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 August – 26 September
Days left for picking	41
Daylight	14:22 on 21 April, 16:41 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Magnitogorsk: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

23 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 Magnitogorsk during the pumpkin season

About 201 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (40 mm) and July the wettest (65 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.8	11	53	9	16:59
July	25.7	14	65	9	16:32
August	24.3	12.3	43	9	14:51
September	16.1	5.9	40	8	12:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Magnitogorsk's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sterlitamak	204 km	2 June – 11 June	same day
Ufa	248 km	31 May – 6 June	2 days earlier
Chelyabinsk	250 km	31 May – 9 June	2 days earlier
Kostanay	307 km	30 May – 7 June	3 days earlier
Orenburg	320 km	27 May – 16 June	6 days earlier
Aktobe	369 km	28 May – 14 June	5 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Magnitogorsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 13 July (from 12 May to 13 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 March to 1 June. Within 15 km of Magnitogorsk OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Виктория — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 5 km
Центральный крытый рынок — market
проспект Карла Маркса 74, 455023 Магнитогорск · Mon–Sun 09:00–22:00 · 3 km
Город-Сад — garden centre
5 km
Китайский рынок — 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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