When to plant pumpkins in Nalchik: 3 June – 9 July

In Nalchik, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 28 May; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 9 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 9 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Магазин №56 (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Nalchik: soil, season and weather

In Nalchik the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 3 June, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	11 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 53 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	3 November, 153 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 August – 22 September
Days left for picking	78
Daylight	13:43 on 22 April, 15:14 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Nalchik: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 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 Nalchik during the pumpkin season

About 753 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (53 mm) and June the wettest (189 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	14.1	189	18	15:24
July	25.3	16.4	151	14	15:07
August	25.5	16.6	109	10	14:00
September	19.5	11.9	140	13	12:33
October	14.2	6.9	111	13	11:05
November	8.6	1.8	53	9	9:43

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Nalchik, Batumi is 21 days earlier and Vladikavkaz 25 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vladikavkaz	99 km	28 June – 8 August	25 days later
Kutaisi	156 km	23 May – 25 August	11 days earlier
Stavropol	216 km	31 May – 7 July	3 days earlier
Tbilisi	220 km	24 May – 21 July	10 days earlier
Batumi	263 km	13 May – 18 August	21 days earlier
Gyumri	302 km	11 June – 25 June	8 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Nalchik

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 9 July (from 13 May to 9 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 28 May. Within 15 km of Nalchik OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 3 farm-supply shops, 8 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Магазин №56 — farm shop
24/7 · 2 km
Садовод — garden centre
2 km
Кенжа — farm supply
4 km · kenzha.ru
Мамкорм — farm supply
9 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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