When to plant watermelons in Oleksandriia: 27 May – 29 July

In Oleksandriia, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 8 April to 1 July; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 29 July; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 29 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Green House (farm supply, 0 km) and У Павлових (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Oleksandriia: soil, season and weather

In Oleksandriia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 27 May, 51 days later.

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 May, 51 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 May – 29 July; May outside: 10.1 °C at night, 20.6 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	7 November, 164 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 26 September
Days left for picking	105
Daylight	14:26 on 29 April, 15:42 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Oleksandriia: care after planting

Planted on 27 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

27 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 Oleksandriia during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 28 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (14.7 °C) and November (7.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1.2 °C to 17.1 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.6	10.1	70	10	15:14
June	25.9	15.6	58	9	16:07
July	27.6	17.1	45	8	15:46
August	28	17	34	6	14:24
September	22.2	11.9	43	7	12:39
October	14.7	6.3	52	8	10:53
November	7.1	1.2	51	9	9:13

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Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Oleksandriia, Kryvyi Rih is 2 days earlier and Kremenchuk 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kremenchuk	48 km	28 May – 29 July	1 day later
Kropyvnytskyi	66 km	26 May – 29 July	1 day earlier
Kryvyi Rih	87 km	25 May – 29 July	2 days earlier
Kamianske	111 km	28 May – 30 July	1 day later
Cherkasy	115 km	26 May – 2 August	1 day earlier
Dnipro	144 km	26 May – 30 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Oleksandriia

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 29 July (from 6 May to 29 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 April to 1 July. Within 15 km of Oleksandriia OpenStreetMap lists 2 farm-supply shops, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Айсберг — market
1 km
Green House — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:30–18:00; Sat–Sun 08:30–15:00 · 0 km
У Павлових — farm shop
вулиця 6 Грудня 269, 28000 · 3 km
Зелений Світ — farm supply
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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