When to plant pumpkins in Polatsk: 11 June – 25 June

In Polatsk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 9 April to 14 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 25 June; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 25 June.

Pumpkin in Polatsk: soil, season and weather

In Polatsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 11 June, 37 days later. 131 days separate planting out (11 June) from the first autumn frost (20 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 56 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	5 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 37 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 October, 131 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 August – 8 September
Days left for picking	56
Daylight	15:12 on 30 April, 17:23 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Polatsk: 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 Polatsk during the pumpkin season

About 396 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (48 mm) and July the wettest (115 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.3	12.4	72	12	17:27
July	22.7	14.1	115	16	16:57
August	22.4	13.4	90	12	15:05
September	17.4	9.3	48	10	12:49
October	10.3	4.3	71	15	10:33

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Polatsk, Barysaw is 5 days earlier and Vitebsk 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vitebsk	95 km	18 June – 21 June	7 days later
Barysaw	141 km	6 June – 25 June	5 days earlier
Orsha	150 km	12 June – 16 June	1 day later
Maladzyechna	180 km	11 June – 24 June	same day
Minsk	194 km	11 June – 6 July	same day
Mogilev	203 km	9 June – 22 June	2 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Polatsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 25 June (from 21 May to 25 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 April to 14 May. Within 15 km of Polatsk OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 plant nursery and 6 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Полацкі калгасны рынак — market
1 km
Рынак — market
3 km
Рынак Дзісна — market
8 km
Рынак — market
15 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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