When to plant watermelons in Izmail: 20 May – 15 August

In Izmail, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 1 April to 18 July; plant into a greenhouse from 29 April to 15 August; plant out into open ground from 20 May to 15 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Фермерська хатка (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Izmail: soil, season and weather

In Izmail the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 20 May, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	22 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	20 May, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 April – 15 August; April outside: 7.4 °C at night, 17 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 188 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 July – 13 October
Days left for picking	129
Daylight	13:50 on 22 April, 15:03 on 20 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Izmail: care after planting

Planted on 20 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

20 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 Izmail during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 29.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (17.9 °C) and November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and September–November (4.9–15.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.6	12.4	51	9	14:52
June	27.1	18	63	9	15:38
July	29.4	19.9	37	6	15:20
August	29.7	19.7	19	3	14:08
September	24.5	15.2	35	4	12:35
October	17.9	9.7	50	6	11:01
November	11.6	4.9	54	8	9:33

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Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Izmail, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is 3 days earlier and Cahul 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cahul	79 km	27 May – 8 August	7 days later
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi	150 km	17 May – 17 August	3 days earlier
Chișinău	185 km	24 May – 8 August	4 days later
Odesa	192 km	23 May – 16 August	3 days later
Bucharest	239 km	23 May – 10 August	3 days later
Bălți	277 km	21 May – 22 July	1 day later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Izmail

Buy plants ready to set out from 20 May to 15 August (from 29 April to 15 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 April to 18 July. Within 15 km of Izmail OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Фермерська хатка — farm supply
Tue–Sun 09:00–14:30 · 1 km
Main Marketplace — market
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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