When to plant watermelons in Kurgan: 1 June – 22 June

In Kurgan, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 13 April to 25 May; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 22 June; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 22 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Дон Кихот (farm shop, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Kurgan: soil, season and weather

In Kurgan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 28 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 1 June, 34 days later.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 34 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 22 June; May outside: 6.3 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	1 October, 122 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 July – 20 August
Days left for picking	63
Daylight	15:29 on 4 May, 17:04 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 6 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Kurgan: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

1 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 Kurgan during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 25.7 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (16.4 °C) and October (7.9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 0.1 °C to 14.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23	11.8	57	10	17:27
July	25.7	14.8	58	10	16:56
August	23.8	12.7	44	9	15:05
September	16.4	6.7	34	6	12:49
October	7.9	0.1	34	8	10:33

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Kurgan, Kostanay is 2 days earlier and Yekaterinburg 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tyumen	189 km	7 June – 22 June	6 days later
Petropavl	250 km	7 June – 20 June	6 days later
Chelyabinsk	251 km	31 May – 25 June	1 day earlier
Kostanay	273 km	30 May – 23 June	2 days earlier
Yekaterinburg	331 km	15 June – 19 June	14 days later
Kokshetau	356 km	1 June – 20 June	same day

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Kurgan

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 22 June (from 11 May to 22 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 April to 25 May. Within 15 km of Kurgan OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Центральный рынок — market
улица Куйбышева 74 · 2 km
Дон Кихот — farm shop
улица Тельмана 4 с1, 640008 Курган · 5 km
СтройСельхозТорг — garden centre
5 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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