When to plant pumpkins in Novorossiysk: 23 May – 1 August

In Novorossiysk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 21 March to 20 June; plant into a greenhouse from 2 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 23 May to 1 August.

Pumpkin in Novorossiysk: soil, season and weather

In Novorossiysk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 23 May, 65 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	23 May, 65 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	26 November, 187 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 15 October
Days left for picking	112
Daylight	13:15 on 11 April, 15:05 on 23 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Novorossiysk: 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 Novorossiysk during the pumpkin season

About 406 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (36 mm) and November the wettest (80 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.1	11.9	74	12	14:48
June	26.1	17.6	62	10	15:33
July	29.6	20.4	36	7	15:16
August	30.6	20.8	38	6	14:06
September	24.5	15.8	58	7	12:34
October	18.2	10.3	58	8	11:02
November	12.6	5.6	80	9	9:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Novorossiysk, Krasnodar is 6 days earlier and Stavropol 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Krasnodar	102 km	17 May – 24 July	6 days earlier
Sochi	201 km	21 May – 19 August	2 days earlier
Taganrog	293 km	25 May – 21 July	2 days later
Rostov-on-Don	316 km	24 May – 15 July	1 day later
Stavropol	333 km	31 May – 7 July	8 days later
Samsun	400 km	24 May – 21 August	1 day later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Novorossiysk

Buy plants ready to set out from 23 May to 1 August (from 2 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 March to 20 June. Within 15 km of Novorossiysk OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

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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