When to plant pumpkins in Nukus: 17 April – 8 July

In Nukus, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 13 February to 27 May; plant into a greenhouse from 27 March to 8 July; plant out into open ground from 17 April to 8 July.

Pumpkin in Nukus: soil, season and weather

In Nukus the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 31 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 17 April, 17 days later.

Last spring frost	31 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 April, 17 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 November, 199 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 July – 21 September
Days left for picking	124
Daylight	11:27 on 6 March, 13:26 on 17 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 0 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Nukus: care after planting

Planted on 17 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 May — 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 Nukus during the pumpkin season

About 73 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (1 mm) and May the wettest (21 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.8	9.5	19	4	13:21
May	29.5	16	21	4	14:35
June	35	20.8	4	1	15:17
July	37.4	23.6	3	1	15:00
August	34.3	20.3	1	0	13:56
September	27.3	14	7	1	12:32
October	18.4	6.2	10	2	11:07
November	9.4	-1.2	8	3	9:48

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Nukus, Bukhara is 10 days earlier and Atyrau 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bukhara	502 km	7 April – 11 July	10 days earlier
Kyzylorda	544 km	26 April – 25 June	9 days later
Samarkand	691 km	28 April – 10 July	11 days later
Aktau	697 km	28 April – 16 July	11 days later
Turkistan	711 km	27 April – 8 July	10 days later
Atyrau	798 km	4 May – 7 July	17 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Nukus

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 April to 8 July (from 27 March to 8 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 February to 27 May. Within 15 km of Nukus OpenStreetMap lists 24 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Car market — market
Sun 06:00–14:00 · 2 km
Central bazar — market
Ernazar Alakóz gúzarı · Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 0 km
Nukus construction materials market — market
Qaraqalpaqstannıń 60-jıllıǵı kóshesi · Mon closed; Tue–Sun 09:00–18:00 · 3 km
Nukus Central Market — market
Ernazar Alakóz gúzarı · 0 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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