When to plant watermelons in Kirov: 8 June – 23 June

In Kirov, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 20 April to 26 May; plant into a greenhouse from 18 May to 23 June; plant out into open ground from 8 June to 23 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Вятские семена (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Kirov: soil, season and weather

In Kirov the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 10 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 8 June, 29 days later. 116 days separate planting out (8 June) from the first autumn frost (2 October); the card's 59 days to the first harvest leave 57 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	10 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 June, 29 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 May – 23 June; May outside: 4.9 °C at night, 15.8 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	2 October, 116 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	6 August – 21 August
Days left for picking	57
Daylight	16:30 on 11 May, 18:08 on 8 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 11 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Kirov: care after planting

Planted on 8 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

8 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 Kirov during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 23.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (14.5 °C) and October (6.7 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1.2 °C to 13.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.5	10.5	63	11	18:19
July	23.5	13.8	89	12	17:42
August	21.6	12.2	60	9	15:30
September	14.5	6.5	58	11	12:54
October	6.7	1.2	59	13	10:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Kirov, Kazan is 7 days earlier and Syktyvkar 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Yoshkar-Ola	242 km	3 June – 3 July	5 days earlier
Izhevsk	286 km	10 June – 24 June	2 days later
Cheboksary	310 km	2 June – 8 July	6 days earlier
Kazan	314 km	1 June – 4 July	7 days earlier
Syktyvkar	346 km	27 June – 4 August	19 days later
Naberezhnye Chelny	359 km	1 June – 1 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Kirov

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 June to 23 June (from 18 May to 23 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 April to 26 May. Within 15 km of Kirov OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 9 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Вятские семена — farm supply
улица Ленина 101 · 1 km
Центральный рынок — market
Милицейская улица 31 · 2 km
Октябрьский рынок — market
Морозовская улица 86 · 1 km
Усадьба — garden centre
4 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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