When to plant pumpkins in Syktyvkar: 27 June – 19 July

In Syktyvkar, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 7 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 June to 19 July; plant out into open ground from 27 June to 19 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Коробейник (garden centre, 2 km) and Продовольственное Лукошко (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Syktyvkar: soil, season and weather

In Syktyvkar the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 27 June, 36 days later. 97 days separate planting out (27 June) from the first autumn frost (2 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 22 for picking, so a start 3 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	22 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 June, 36 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	2 October, 97 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 September – 2 October
Days left for picking	22
Daylight	17:38 on 16 May, 19:32 on 27 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Syktyvkar: care after planting

Planted on 27 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 July — 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 Syktyvkar during the pumpkin season

About 350 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (60 mm) and July the wettest (80 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	18.8	8.9	76	12	19:31
July	22.9	12.8	80	12	18:40
August	19.8	10.7	73	13	15:59
September	13.3	5.6	60	12	13:01
October	5.2	0.4	61	14	10:08

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Syktyvkar, Cheboksary is 25 days earlier and Arkhangelsk 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kirov	346 km	8 June – 19 July	19 days earlier
Perm	506 km	22 June – 19 July	5 days earlier
Izhevsk	552 km	10 June – 20 July	17 days earlier
Yoshkar-Ola	583 km	3 June – 17 June	24 days earlier
Arkhangelsk	607 km	12 July – 25 July	15 days later
Cheboksary	648 km	2 June – 22 June	25 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Syktyvkar

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 June to 19 July (from 6 June to 19 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 7 June. Within 15 km of Syktyvkar OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 market and 12 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Коробейник — garden centre
Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 2 km
Центральный рынок — market
улица Морозова 202, 167000 Сыктывкар · 2 km
Продовольственное Лукошко — farm shop
проспект Бумажников 74 · 13 km
Бренд — farm shop
Весенняя улица 4 · 14 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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