When to plant pumpkins in Oral (Uralsk): 26 May – 18 June

In Oral (Uralsk), pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 March to 7 May; plant into a greenhouse from 5 May to 18 June; plant out into open ground from 26 May to 18 June.

Pumpkin in Oral (Uralsk): soil, season and weather

In Oral (Uralsk) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 26 May, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 May, 39 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	13 October, 140 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 1 September
Days left for picking	65
Daylight	13:45 on 14 April, 16:03 on 26 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

The same dates in Oral (Uralsk) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Oral (Uralsk): care after planting

Planted on 26 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 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 Oral (Uralsk) during the pumpkin season

About 191 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (18 mm) and June the wettest (43 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.2	9.9	31	7	15:33
June	26.8	14.8	43	6	16:34
July	29.9	17.7	28	5	16:10
August	29.3	16.5	18	4	14:38
September	21	9.6	28	6	12:42
October	12.4	3.5	43	8	10:46

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Oral (Uralsk); the closest date is in Orenburg, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Samara	234 km	31 May – 26 June	5 days later
Orenburg	260 km	27 May – 16 June	1 day later
Tolyatti	290 km	29 May – 28 June	3 days later
Saratov	376 km	28 May – 1 July	2 days later
Ulyanovsk	399 km	30 May – 28 June	4 days later
Sterlitamak	405 km	2 June – 11 June	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Oral (Uralsk)

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 May to 18 June (from 5 May to 18 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 March to 7 May. Within 15 km of Oral (Uralsk) OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 18 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Ярославь — farm shop
12 km
Ashyk zhol — market
Сырым Датұлы көшесі 32 · 1 km
Женис — market
микрорайон Женис 13 · 1 km
Караван — market
улица Мирзояна 1 · 2 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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