When to plant pumpkins in Yakutsk: 28 June – 5 July

In Yakutsk, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 April to 24 May; plant into a greenhouse from 7 June to 5 July; plant out into open ground from 28 June to 5 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Вилюй, магазин (farm shop, 6 km) and Aartyk (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Yakutsk: soil, season and weather

In Yakutsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 June, 39 days later. Planting out on 28 June leaves 82 days to the first autumn frost on 18 September, only 7 more than the card's 75 days to the first harvest; an unheated greenhouse, three weeks earlier, would add 21.

Last spring frost	20 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 June, 39 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 September, 82 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 September – 18 September
Days left for picking	7
Daylight	17:50 on 17 May, 19:42 on 28 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 5 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Yakutsk: 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 Yakutsk during the pumpkin season

About 146 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (26 mm) and August the wettest (44 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.4	11.3	26	5	19:41
July	25.3	14.9	40	8	18:49
August	21	11.3	44	8	16:03
September	11	2.6	36	8	13:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Yakutsk, Ulan-Ude is 16 days earlier and Vladivostok 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Blagoveshchensk	1,313 km	15 June – 20 July	13 days earlier
Chita	1,474 km	22 June – 10 July	6 days earlier
Khabarovsk	1,543 km	15 June – 21 June	13 days earlier
Ulan-Ude	1,742 km	12 June – 16 July	16 days earlier
Irkutsk	1,857 km	15 June – 17 July	13 days earlier
Vladivostok	2,108 km	6 July – 11 July	8 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Yakutsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 June to 5 July (from 7 June to 5 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 April to 24 May. Within 15 km of Yakutsk OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Вилюй, магазин — farm shop
улица Можайского 15/3, 677014 Якутск · 6 km
Aartyk — farm shop
24/7 · 7 km
Продовольственный рынок «Белое озеро» — market
7 km
Продукты — farm shop
13 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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