When to plant pumpkins in Samsun: 24 May – 21 August

In Samsun, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 22 March to 10 July; plant into a greenhouse from 3 May to 21 August; plant out into open ground from 24 May to 21 August.

Pumpkin in Samsun: soil, season and weather

In Samsun the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 31 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 24 May, 54 days later.

Last spring frost	31 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 May, 54 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	16 December, 206 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 August – 4 November
Days left for picking	131
Daylight	13:10 on 12 April, 14:45 on 24 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Samsun: care after planting

Planted on 24 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 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 Samsun during the pumpkin season

About 595 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (46 mm) and May the wettest (102 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.5	10.1	102	14	14:29
June	23.7	14.6	100	13	15:08
July	26.3	16.9	46	9	14:53
August	27	17.6	48	10	13:52
September	23.6	14.4	72	11	12:31
October	19.4	10.6	81	13	11:09
November	15.5	6.6	65	9	9:54
December	11.5	4.2	81	13	9:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Samsun; the closest date is in Novorossiysk, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Trabzon	286 km	5 May – 18 August	19 days earlier
Kayseri	295 km	20 May – 16 July	4 days earlier
Ankara	330 km	11 May – 9 July	13 days earlier
Sochi	379 km	21 May – 19 August	3 days earlier
Novorossiysk	400 km	23 May – 1 August	1 day earlier
Batumi	444 km	13 May – 18 August	11 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Samsun

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 May to 21 August (from 3 May to 21 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 March to 10 July. Within 15 km of Samsun OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Kadıoğlu Market — market
Mon–Sun 10:00–20:00 · 8 km
Yaşar Market — market
Mon–Sun 10:00–20:00 · 9 km
Subaşı Yeraltı Çarşısı — market
0 km
Yabancılar Çarşısı — market
1 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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