When to plant watermelons in Brovary: 31 May – 31 July

In Brovary, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 12 April to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 31 July.

Watermelon in Brovary: soil, season and weather

In Brovary the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 31 May, 55 days later.

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 55 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 May – 31 July; May outside: 9.8 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 162 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 July – 28 September
Days left for picking	103
Daylight	14:50 on 3 May, 16:06 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

The same dates in Brovary hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Pumpkin.

Watermelon in Brovary: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

31 May — feed: balanced (NPK)

Pests and diseases of watermelon 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 Brovary during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 26.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (13.5 °C) and November (6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1 °C to 16.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	9.8	62	11	15:27
June	25.6	15.6	59	11	16:26
July	26.3	16.8	75	11	16:03
August	26.4	16.2	43	7	14:34
September	21	11.5	33	7	12:41
October	13.5	6.3	60	10	10:48
November	6	1	49	10	9:01

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Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Brovary, Kyiv is 1 day earlier and Irpin 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kyiv	20 km	30 May – 31 July	1 day earlier
Boryspil	21 km	31 May – 21 July	same day
Irpin	39 km	6 June – 13 July	6 days later
Fastiv	78 km	31 May – 13 July	same day
Bila Tserkva	92 km	3 June – 21 July	3 days later
Chernihiv	114 km	30 May – 19 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Brovary

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 31 July (from 10 May to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 April to 3 July. Within 15 km of Brovary OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 19 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Юність ринок — market
13 km
Вигурівський — market
13 km
Дарницький Ринок (промислові товари) — market
13 km
Дарницький ринок (овочевий) — market
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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