When to plant pumpkins in Tomsk: 17 June – 14 July

In Tomsk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 15 April to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 27 May to 14 July; plant out into open ground from 17 June to 14 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Семена Томская грядка (garden centre, 3 km) and Садовый (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Tomsk: soil, season and weather

In Tomsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 17 June, 28 days later. 102 days separate planting out (17 June) from the first autumn frost (27 September); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 27 for picking, so a start 3 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	20 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 June, 28 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	27 September, 102 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 August – 27 September
Days left for picking	27
Daylight	15:46 on 6 May, 17:44 on 17 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Tomsk: care after planting

Planted on 17 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 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 Tomsk during the pumpkin season

About 257 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (55 mm) and July the wettest (76 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.8	12.5	58	11	17:43
July	23.7	14.5	76	13	17:10
August	21.5	12.1	68	13	15:13
September	14.5	5.6	55	12	12:50

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Tomsk, Pavlodar is 21 days earlier and Krasnoyarsk 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kemerovo	146 km	13 June – 13 July	4 days earlier
Novosibirsk	208 km	13 June – 15 July	4 days earlier
Novokuznetsk	334 km	14 June – 17 July	3 days earlier
Barnaul	359 km	8 June – 16 July	9 days earlier
Krasnoyarsk	489 km	18 June – 14 July	1 day later
Pavlodar	698 km	27 May – 9 June	21 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Tomsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 June to 14 July (from 27 May to 14 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 April to 2 June. Within 15 km of Tomsk OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Лазовский рынок — market
3 km
Мир развивающих игрушек — market
4 km
Садовый — garden centre
улица Карташова 42А, 634041 Томск · Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 4 km · sadovnik.tomsk.ru
Семена Томская грядка — garden centre
улица Шевченко 37 · 10:00–19:00 · 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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