When to plant watermelons in Cheboksary: 2 June – 8 July

In Cheboksary, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 14 April to 10 June; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 8 July; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 8 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Провиант (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Cheboksary: soil, season and weather

In Cheboksary the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 2 June, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	1 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 8 July; May outside: 7 °C at night, 17.7 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	17 October, 137 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 July – 5 September
Days left for picking	78
Daylight	15:39 on 5 May, 17:15 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Cheboksary: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

2 June — 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 Cheboksary during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (16.4 °C) and October (8.8 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 2.7 °C to 14.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.1	11.8	51	10	17:37
July	24.7	14.9	81	12	17:05
August	23.5	13.7	61	9	15:10
September	16.4	8	47	11	12:50
October	8.8	2.7	57	12	10:31

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk is 3 days earlier and Kirov 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Yoshkar-Ola	69 km	3 June – 3 July	1 day later
Kazan	122 km	1 June – 4 July	1 day earlier
Nizhny Novgorod	202 km	2 June – 9 July	same day
Ulyanovsk	213 km	30 May – 14 July	3 days earlier
Saransk	254 km	1 June – 5 July	1 day earlier
Kirov	310 km	8 June – 23 June	6 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Cheboksary

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 8 July (from 12 May to 8 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 April to 10 June. Within 15 km of Cheboksary OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 9 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Новочебоксарский рынок — market
улица Винокурова 64 · 13 km
Пехет — market
Mon–Sun 10:00–21:00 · 1 km
Провиант — farm shop
Советская улица 21А · 12 km
Садовник — garden centre
1 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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