When to plant pumpkins in Tver: 16 June – 27 July

In Tver, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 14 April to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 May to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 16 June to 27 July.

Pumpkin in Tver: soil, season and weather

In Tver the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 16 June, 44 days later. 116 days separate planting out (16 June) from the first autumn frost (10 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 41 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	3 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	16 June, 44 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 October, 116 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	41
Daylight	15:45 on 5 May, 17:49 on 16 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Tver: care after planting

Planted on 16 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 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 Tver during the pumpkin season

About 371 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (51 mm) and July the wettest (104 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.7	11.5	79	12	17:48
July	23.1	14	104	16	17:15
August	22.3	12.8	69	11	15:15
September	16.3	8.2	51	9	12:51
October	8.9	3.1	68	13	10:28

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Tver, Kaluga is 4 days earlier and Cherepovets 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Moscow	162 km	14 June – 19 June	2 days earlier
Yaroslavl	254 km	15 June – 15 June	1 day earlier
Kaluga	260 km	12 June – 16 June	4 days earlier
Cherepovets	279 km	22 June – 22 June	6 days later
Vladimir	287 km	13 June – 20 June	3 days earlier
Ivanovo	308 km	15 June – 16 June	1 day earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Tver

Buy plants ready to set out from 16 June to 27 July (from 26 May to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 April to 15 June. Within 15 km of Tver OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 8 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

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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