When to plant watermelons in Chita: 22 June – 26 July

In Chita, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 4 May to 28 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 26 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 26 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Нарасхват (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Chita: soil, season and weather

In Chita the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 22 June, 34 days later. 93 days separate planting out (22 June) from the first autumn frost (23 September); the card's 59 days to the first harvest leave 34 for picking, so a start 4 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	19 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	1 June – 26 July; June outside: 10.9 °C at night, 23.5 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	23 September, 93 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	20 August – 23 September
Days left for picking	34
Daylight	16:08 on 25 May, 16:45 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, June, has 10 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Chita: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

22 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 Chita during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (15.3 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.9 °C to 14.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	10.9	52	10	16:42
July	25.1	14.3	109	11	16:17
August	21.6	11.6	88	11	14:43
September	15.3	4.9	61	9	12:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Chita, Ulan-Ude is 10 days earlier and Yakutsk 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ulan-Ude	404 km	12 June – 20 June	10 days earlier
Irkutsk	627 km	15 June – 21 June	7 days earlier
Blagoveshchensk	997 km	15 June – 24 June	7 days earlier
Krasnoyarsk	1,412 km	18 June – 18 June	4 days earlier
Yakutsk	1,474 km	28 June – 21 July	6 days later
Khabarovsk	1,579 km	15 June – 7 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Chita

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 26 July (from 1 June to 26 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 May to 28 June. Within 15 km of Chita OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Нарасхват — farm shop
Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 9 km
Новый рынок — market
0 km
Рынок Десятка — market
3 km
Фермерский рынок — market
6 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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