When to plant pumpkins in Vladikavkaz: 28 June – 8 August

In Vladikavkaz, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 April to 27 June; plant into a greenhouse from 7 June to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 28 June to 8 August.

Pumpkin in Vladikavkaz: soil, season and weather

In Vladikavkaz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 June, 62 days later. 116 days separate planting out (28 June) from the first autumn frost (22 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	27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 June, 62 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	22 October, 116 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 September – 22 October
Days left for picking	41
Daylight	14:43 on 17 May, 15:21 on 28 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Vladikavkaz: care after planting

Planted on 28 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

19 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 Vladikavkaz during the pumpkin season

About 556 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (59 mm) and June the wettest (177 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	21.5	11.2	177	18	15:21
July	23.7	13.8	132	14	15:04
August	24.2	13.8	92	11	13:59
September	18.6	9.3	96	12	12:33
October	13.6	3.5	59	10	11:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Vladikavkaz; the closest date is in Gyumri, 17 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nalchik	99 km	3 June – 9 July	25 days earlier
Tbilisi	147 km	24 May – 21 July	35 days earlier
Kutaisi	182 km	23 May – 25 August	36 days earlier
Makhachkala	230 km	9 May – 15 August	50 days earlier
Vanadzor	248 km	23 May – 31 May	36 days earlier
Gyumri	259 km	11 June – 25 June	17 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Vladikavkaz

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 June to 8 August (from 7 June to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 April to 27 June. Within 15 km of Vladikavkaz OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 11 markets and 2 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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