When to plant pumpkins in Vladimir: 13 June – 20 June

In Vladimir, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 11 April to 9 May; plant into a greenhouse from 23 May to 20 June; plant out into open ground from 13 June to 20 June.

Pumpkin in Vladimir: soil, season and weather

In Vladimir 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 13 June, 41 days later. 124 days separate planting out (13 June) from the first autumn frost (15 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 49 for picking, so a start 7 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	3 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 June, 41 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	15 October, 124 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 August – 3 September
Days left for picking	49
Daylight	15:26 on 2 May, 17:35 on 13 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Vladimir: care after planting

Planted on 13 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

4 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 Vladimir during the pumpkin season

About 288 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (42 mm) and July the wettest (71 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.1	11.3	67	10	17:37
July	24.2	14.3	71	12	17:05
August	23.2	12.9	49	9	15:10
September	16.7	7.9	42	9	12:50
October	9.1	2.9	59	12	10:31

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod is 11 days earlier and Kostroma 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ivanovo	102 km	15 June – 16 June	2 days later
Yaroslavl	169 km	15 June – 15 June	2 days later
Ryazan	174 km	6 June – 28 June	7 days earlier
Moscow	178 km	14 June – 19 June	1 day later
Kostroma	184 km	18 June – 28 July	5 days later
Nizhny Novgorod	223 km	2 June – 23 June	11 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Vladimir

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 June to 20 June (from 23 May to 20 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 April to 9 May. Within 15 km of Vladimir OpenStreetMap lists 30 garden centres, 6 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Ополье — market
1 km
Возрождение села — farm shop
4 km
Розмарин — farm shop
3 km
Розмарин — farm shop
5 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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