When to plant pumpkins in Samarkand: 28 April – 10 July

In Samarkand, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 29 May; plant into a greenhouse from 7 April to 10 July; plant out into open ground from 28 April to 10 July.

Pumpkin in Samarkand: soil, season and weather

In Samarkand the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 April, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	19 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 April, 40 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	4 November, 190 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 23 September
Days left for picking	115
Daylight	11:59 on 17 March, 13:45 on 28 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Samarkand: care after planting

Planted on 28 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 May — 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 Samarkand during the pumpkin season

About 220 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (1 mm) and April the wettest (71 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.5	8.6	71	9	13:14
May	27.8	13.6	60	8	14:21
June	33.9	18.2	6	2	14:57
July	36.9	20.9	1	0	14:43
August	34.6	18.3	3	1	13:46
September	29.9	13.6	6	1	12:30
October	21.6	7.3	33	5	11:13
November	14.3	1.5	40	6	10:01

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Samarkand, Bukhara is 21 days earlier and Shymkent 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bukhara	218 km	7 April – 11 July	21 days earlier
Tashkent	266 km	27 April – 11 July	1 day earlier
Shymkent	372 km	29 April – 11 July	1 day later
Turkistan	419 km	27 April – 8 July	1 day earlier
Namangan	426 km	19 April – 14 July	9 days earlier
Andijan	474 km	17 April – 14 July	11 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Samarkand

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 April to 10 July (from 7 April to 10 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 29 May. Within 15 km of Samarkand OpenStreetMap lists 6 farm-supply shops and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

CHORSU BAZAAR — market
Rowing canal, Konigil massif, Uzbekistan, 140319 Samarkand · Mon–Sun 10:00–23:00 · 9 km
DSK бозор — market
Narpay ko'chasi, Самарканд · 5 km
Aziz bozor — market
Gagarin ko'chasi · 3 km
Railway District Market — market
Mon–Sun 05:00–22:00 · 4 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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