When to plant pumpkins in Stary Oskol: 29 May – 27 June

In Stary Oskol, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 27 March to 16 May; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 27 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Усадьба (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Stary Oskol: soil, season and weather

In Stary Oskol the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 23 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 29 May, 36 days later.

Last spring frost	23 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 36 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 October, 146 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 August – 10 September
Days left for picking	71
Daylight	13:57 on 17 April, 16:10 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Stary Oskol: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 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 Stary Oskol during the pumpkin season

About 335 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (35 mm) and July the wettest (73 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.4	8.7	65	13	15:34
June	24.5	14	69	11	16:34
July	26.4	16	73	11	16:10
August	26.5	15.4	35	6	14:38
September	20.1	10	35	6	12:42
October	12.5	4.7	58	9	10:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Stary Oskol, Kharkiv is 2 days earlier and Belgorod 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Voronezh	102 km	29 May – 4 July	same day
Belgorod	118 km	30 May – 25 June	1 day later
Kursk	125 km	29 May – 26 June	same day
Lipetsk	185 km	29 May – 22 June	same day
Kharkiv	185 km	27 May – 26 June	2 days earlier
Sumy	217 km	29 May – 25 June	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Stary Oskol

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 27 June (from 8 May to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 27 March to 16 May. Within 15 km of Stary Oskol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Фрукт и Овощ — farm shop
4 km
Усадьба — garden centre
микрорайон Надежда 5, Старый Оскол · 4 km
Рынок Юбилейный — market
проспект Алексея Угарова 2, Старый Оскол · Tue–Sun 07:00–18:00 · 3 km
Рынок "Солнечный" — market
Солнечный микрорайон, 309502 Старый Оскол · 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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