When to plant pumpkins in Taldykorgan: 12 May – 13 June

In Taldykorgan, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 10 March to 2 May; plant into a greenhouse from 21 April to 13 June; plant out into open ground from 12 May to 13 June.

Pumpkin in Taldykorgan: soil, season and weather

In Taldykorgan 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 12 May, 29 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 May, 29 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	8 October, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	26 July – 27 August
Days left for picking	74
Daylight	12:42 on 31 March, 14:43 on 12 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Taldykorgan: care after planting

Planted on 12 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 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 Taldykorgan during the pumpkin season

About 209 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (20 mm) and May the wettest (54 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	23.9	9.9	54	9	14:50
June	29.4	15.6	35	7	15:36
July	32	17.9	28	6	15:18
August	29.9	15.4	20	4	14:07
September	23.7	9.7	29	6	12:35
October	15.2	2.1	43	7	11:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Taldykorgan, Taraz is 6 days earlier and Karakol 65 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Almaty	230 km	3 June – 11 June	22 days later
Karakol	281 km	16 July – 17 July	65 days later
Bishkek	386 km	15 May – 28 June	3 days later
Taraz	608 km	6 May – 25 June	6 days earlier
Semey	617 km	28 May – 4 June	16 days later
Jalal-Abad	630 km	12 May – 13 July	same day

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Taldykorgan

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 May to 13 June (from 21 April to 13 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 March to 2 May. Within 15 km of Taldykorgan OpenStreetMap lists 1 market and 77 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Достык — farm shop
1 km
Новый — farm shop
1 km
Акаинар — farm shop
1 km
Эрик — farm shop
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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