When to plant pumpkins in Vologda: 22 June – 27 July

In Vologda, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 20 April to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 27 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 27 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Молочные продукты (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Vologda: soil, season and weather

In Vologda the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 22 June, 40 days later. 110 days separate planting out (22 June) from the first autumn frost (10 October); the card's 75 days to the first harvest leave 35 for picking, so a start 5 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	13 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 40 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	10 October, 110 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	5 September – 10 October
Days left for picking	35
Daylight	16:37 on 11 May, 18:35 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 12 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Vologda: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 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 Vologda during the pumpkin season

About 398 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (66 mm) and July the wettest (101 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.1	10.2	73	11	18:32
July	22.6	13.3	101	15	17:52
August	20.8	11.7	91	13	15:35
September	14.8	7.2	67	11	12:56
October	7.2	1.7	66	12	10:19

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Vologda's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cherepovets	113 km	22 June – 22 June	same day
Kostroma	172 km	18 June – 28 July	4 days earlier
Yaroslavl	177 km	15 June – 15 June	7 days earlier
Ivanovo	255 km	15 June – 16 June	7 days earlier
Vladimir	344 km	13 June – 20 June	9 days earlier
Tver	352 km	16 June – 27 July	6 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Vologda

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 27 July (from 1 June to 27 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 April to 15 June. Within 15 km of Vologda OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Рынок — market
Mon–Sun 08:30–19:00 · 3 km
Молочные продукты — farm shop
улица Панкратова 15, 160555 Молочное · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat, Sun 09:00–17:00 · 13 km
Цветы — garden centre
0 km
Рынок — market
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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