When to plant pumpkins in Sochi: 21 May – 19 August

In Sochi, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 19 March to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 30 April to 19 August; plant out into open ground from 21 May to 19 August.

Pumpkin in Sochi: soil, season and weather

In Sochi the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 21 May, 83 days later.

Last spring frost	27 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 May, 83 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 December, 207 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 August – 2 November
Days left for picking	132
Daylight	13:07 on 9 April, 14:54 on 21 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Sochi: care after planting

Planted on 21 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

11 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 Sochi during the pumpkin season

About 1117 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (73 mm) and December the wettest (210 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	12.9	135	14	14:42
June	24.6	18	110	13	15:25
July	27.1	20.5	120	11	15:08
August	28.4	21.5	73	9	14:01
September	24.5	17.6	155	12	12:33
October	19.8	12.6	168	11	11:05
November	15.7	8.8	146	12	9:42
December	11.6	5.5	210	16	8:58

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Sochi, Trabzon is 16 days earlier and Stavropol 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Krasnodar	171 km	17 May – 24 July	4 days earlier
Novorossiysk	201 km	23 May – 1 August	2 days later
Stavropol	240 km	31 May – 7 July	10 days later
Batumi	269 km	13 May – 18 August	8 days earlier
Kutaisi	284 km	23 May – 25 August	2 days later
Trabzon	288 km	5 May – 18 August	16 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Sochi

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 May to 19 August (from 30 April to 19 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 March to 8 July. Within 15 km of Sochi OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Рынок — market
8 km
Южный рынок — market
13 km
Ярмарка выходного дня — market
Thu–Sat 08:00–19:00 · 2 km
ТК "Вертодром" — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 3 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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