When to plant pumpkins in Orsha: 12 June – 16 June

In Orsha, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 5 May; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 16 June; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 16 June.

Pumpkin in Orsha: soil, season and weather

In Orsha 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 12 June, 39 days later. 121 days separate planting out (12 June) from the first autumn frost (11 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 46 for picking, so a start 6 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	4 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 39 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 October, 121 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 August – 30 August
Days left for picking	46
Daylight	15:09 on 1 May, 17:10 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Orsha: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 July — 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 Orsha during the pumpkin season

About 383 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (57 mm) and July the wettest (111 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.3	12.4	80	13	17:13
July	23	14	111	16	16:45
August	22.9	13.3	67	10	14:58
September	17.4	9	57	9	12:47
October	10.3	4	68	13	10:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Orsha, Babruysk is 7 days earlier and Vitebsk 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mogilev	68 km	9 June – 22 June	3 days earlier
Vitebsk	77 km	18 June – 21 June	6 days later
Smolensk	110 km	17 June – 17 June	5 days later
Barysaw	127 km	6 June – 25 June	6 days earlier
Polatsk	150 km	11 June – 25 June	1 day earlier
Babruysk	170 km	5 June – 25 June	7 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Orsha

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 16 June (from 22 May to 16 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 April to 5 May. Within 15 km of Orsha OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Мажэеўкі лясны пітомнік — plant nursery
7 km
Цэнтральны рынак — market
1 km
Антэй — market
3 km
Рынак — market
3 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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