When to plant pumpkins in Shostka: 30 May – 25 June

In Shostka, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 28 March to 14 May; plant into a greenhouse from 9 May to 25 June; plant out into open ground from 30 May to 25 June.

Pumpkin in Shostka: soil, season and weather

In Shostka the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 30 May, 47 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	30 May, 47 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 October, 143 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 August – 8 September
Days left for picking	68
Daylight	14:03 on 18 April, 16:18 on 30 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 6 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Shostka: care after planting

Planted on 30 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 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 Shostka during the pumpkin season

About 399 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (42 mm) and July the wettest (98 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.1	8.5	65	11	15:38
June	24.2	13.8	70	11	16:40
July	25.2	15.4	98	13	16:16
August	25.3	15	52	7	14:42
September	19.7	10.1	42	6	12:43
October	12.2	4.9	72	10	10:44

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Shostka, Konotop is 1 day earlier and Bryansk 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Konotop	72 km	29 May – 26 June	1 day earlier
Sumy	140 km	29 May – 25 June	1 day earlier
Chernihiv	156 km	30 May – 3 July	same day
Bryansk	167 km	11 June – 25 June	12 days later
Gomel	182 km	4 June – 22 June	5 days later
Kursk	187 km	29 May – 26 June	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Shostka

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 May to 25 June (from 9 May to 25 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 March to 14 May. Within 15 km of Shostka OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

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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