When to plant watermelons in Lipetsk: 29 May – 8 July

In Lipetsk, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 10 April to 10 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 May to 8 July; plant out into open ground from 29 May to 8 July.

Watermelon in Lipetsk: soil, season and weather

In Lipetsk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 29 May, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	29 May, 33 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 May – 8 July; May outside: 8.2 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	17 October, 141 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	27 July – 5 September
Days left for picking	82
Daylight	14:56 on 1 May, 16:23 on 29 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Lipetsk: care after planting

Planted on 29 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

29 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 Lipetsk during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 26.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (12 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4.2 °C to 15.9 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.5	8.2	50	11	15:44
June	24.3	13.4	64	11	16:49
July	26.5	15.9	63	10	16:23
August	26.4	15	36	6	14:46
September	19.6	9.5	42	7	12:44
October	12	4.2	56	10	10:42

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Watermelon in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Lipetsk's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Voronezh	106 km	29 May – 20 July	same day
Tambov	129 km	1 June – 10 July	3 days later
Stary Oskol	185 km	29 May – 13 July	same day
Tula	219 km	14 June – 6 July	16 days later
Ryazan	227 km	6 June – 14 July	8 days later
Oryol	237 km	11 June – 7 July	13 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Lipetsk

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 May to 8 July (from 8 May to 8 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 April to 10 June. Within 15 km of Lipetsk OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 4 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Природа — garden centre
4 km
Октябрьский рынок — market
1 km
Рынок 9-го микрорайона — market
2 km
Петровский рынок — market
3 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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