When to plant pumpkins in Ulyanovsk: 30 May – 28 June

In Ulyanovsk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 28 March to 17 May; plant into a greenhouse from 9 May to 28 June; plant out into open ground from 30 May to 28 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Дом. Лес. Сад (garden centre, 1 km) and Семена (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Ulyanovsk: soil, season and weather

In Ulyanovsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 30 May, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	30 May, 44 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 October, 146 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 August – 11 September
Days left for picking	71
Daylight	14:14 on 18 April, 16:45 on 30 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Ulyanovsk: care after planting

Planted on 30 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

20 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 Ulyanovsk during the pumpkin season

About 289 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (45 mm) and May the wettest (51 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	18.6	9	51	9	16:00
June	23	14.5	46	10	17:11
July	25.9	17.3	51	8	16:43
August	24.8	15.9	48	7	14:57
September	17.4	9.8	45	8	12:47
October	9.8	4	48	11	10:37

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti is 1 day earlier and Cheboksary 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tolyatti	109 km	29 May – 28 June	1 day earlier
Kazan	169 km	1 June – 18 June	2 days later
Samara	171 km	31 May – 26 June	1 day later
Saransk	210 km	1 June – 19 June	2 days later
Cheboksary	213 km	2 June – 22 June	3 days later
Penza	255 km	2 June – 20 June	3 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ulyanovsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 30 May to 28 June (from 9 May to 28 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 March to 17 May. Within 15 km of Ulyanovsk OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 4 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Дом. Лес. Сад — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 09:00–16:00 · 1 km
Семена — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun 09:00–14:00 · 2 km
Семена — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · 6 km
Семена — garden centre
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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