When to plant pumpkins in Oryol: 11 June – 21 June

In Oryol, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 9 April to 10 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 21 June; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 21 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Продукты (farm shop, 1 km) and Сберегайка (farm shop, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Oryol: soil, season and weather

In Oryol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 11 June, 44 days later. 127 days separate planting out (11 June) from the first autumn frost (16 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 52 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 44 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	16 October, 127 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 August – 4 September
Days left for picking	52
Daylight	14:55 on 30 April, 16:50 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Oryol: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 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 Oryol during the pumpkin season

About 319 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (44 mm) and July the wettest (78 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	12.6	71	11	16:53
July	24.5	14.7	78	13	16:27
August	24.3	13.9	63	9	14:48
September	18.6	9.1	44	7	12:45
October	11.2	3.9	63	12	10:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Oryol, Kursk is 13 days earlier and Tula 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bryansk	122 km	11 June – 25 June	same day
Kursk	138 km	29 May – 26 June	13 days earlier
Tula	170 km	14 June – 20 June	3 days later
Kaluga	174 km	12 June – 16 June	1 day later
Shostka	216 km	30 May – 25 June	12 days earlier
Stary Oskol	222 km	29 May – 27 June	13 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Oryol

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 21 June (from 21 May to 21 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 April to 10 May. Within 15 km of Oryol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Центральный — market
Воскресенский переулок 13 · 1 km
Продукты — farm shop
Московская улица 80, Орёл · Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00 · 1 km
Сберегайка — farm shop
Поселковая улица · 4 km
Цветы — garden centre
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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