When to plant pumpkins in Pskov: 9 June – 24 June

In Pskov, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 7 April to 13 May; plant into a greenhouse from 19 May to 24 June; plant out into open ground from 9 June to 24 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Садовый центр (garden centre, 2 km) and Пристань (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Pskov: soil, season and weather

In Pskov the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 9 June, 34 days later. 132 days separate planting out (9 June) from the first autumn frost (19 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 57 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	6 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	9 June, 34 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	19 October, 132 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 August – 7 September
Days left for picking	57
Daylight	15:22 on 28 April, 17:56 on 9 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Pskov: care after planting

Planted on 9 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

30 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 Pskov during the pumpkin season

About 403 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (49 mm) and July the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.6	11.8	81	12	18:05
July	22.5	14	103	16	17:29
August	21.5	12.8	99	15	15:23
September	16.9	9.2	49	9	12:53
October	9.7	4	71	14	10:24

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Pskov; the closest date is in Polatsk, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Veliky Novgorod	189 km	12 June – 24 June	3 days later
Polatsk	261 km	11 June – 25 June	2 days later
Saint Petersburg	262 km	17 June – 25 June	8 days later
Riga	271 km	14 June – 19 July	5 days later
Tallinn	275 km	21 June – 7 July	12 days later
Vitebsk	314 km	18 June – 21 June	9 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Pskov

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 June to 24 June (from 19 May to 24 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 7 April to 13 May. Within 15 km of Pskov OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 6 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Продуктовый рынок — market
2 km
Агрофирма "Победа" — farm shop
2 km
Пристань — garden centre
улица Яна Райниса 64 · 4 km · zelenhoz.com
Садовый центр — garden centre
улица Льва Толстого 32, 180004 · 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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