When to plant pumpkins in Pavlodar: 27 May – 9 June

In Pavlodar, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 March to 28 April; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 9 June; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 9 June.

Pumpkin in Pavlodar: soil, season and weather

In Pavlodar the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 27 May, 25 days later. 130 days separate planting out (27 May) from the first autumn frost (4 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 55 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	2 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 May, 25 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	4 October, 130 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 23 August
Days left for picking	55
Daylight	13:53 on 15 April, 16:15 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, May, has 6 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Pavlodar: care after planting

Planted on 27 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

17 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 Pavlodar during the pumpkin season

About 262 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (29 mm) and July the wettest (61 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.9	7.8	29	6	15:42
June	26	14.4	53	9	16:45
July	27.1	16.5	61	10	16:20
August	24.9	13.8	53	9	14:44
September	18.2	7.8	35	8	12:44
October	8.8	0	31	8	10:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Pavlodar; the closest date is in Semey, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Semey	308 km	28 May – 4 June	1 day later
Omsk	383 km	4 June – 15 July	8 days later
Karaganda	387 km	28 May – 4 June	1 day later
Astana	400 km	28 May – 4 June	1 day later
Oskemen	472 km	28 May – 6 June	1 day later
Barnaul	472 km	8 June – 16 July	12 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Pavlodar

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 9 June (from 6 May to 9 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 March to 28 April. Within 15 km of Pavlodar OpenStreetMap lists 3 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Виола — farm supply
1 km
У Дачный — farm supply
4 km
Jailau — market
3 km
eco bazaar — farm shop
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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