When to plant watermelons in Orenburg: 27 May – 2 July

In Orenburg, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 8 April to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 2 July; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 2 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Дача (farm shop, 5 km) and Любимый (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Orenburg: soil, season and weather

In Orenburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 27 May, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	25 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 May, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	6 May – 2 July; May outside: 8.8 °C at night, 22 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	11 October, 137 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 July – 30 August
Days left for picking	78
Daylight	14:44 on 29 April, 16:10 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 5 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Orenburg: 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 Orenburg during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (11.5 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 2.4 °C to 16.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22	8.8	40	7	15:37
June	26.4	13.9	38	7	16:39
July	29.4	16.7	38	6	16:15
August	28.3	15.3	27	5	14:41
September	19.9	8.5	31	6	12:43
October	11.5	2.4	43	8	10:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Orenburg, Oral (Uralsk) is 1 day earlier and Sterlitamak 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sterlitamak	216 km	2 June – 27 June	6 days later
Aktobe	220 km	28 May – 30 June	1 day later
Oral (Uralsk)	260 km	26 May – 4 July	1 day earlier
Magnitogorsk	320 km	2 June – 17 June	6 days later
Ufa	335 km	31 May – 22 June	4 days later
Samara	371 km	31 May – 12 July	4 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Orenburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 2 July (from 6 May to 2 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 8 April to 4 June. Within 15 km of Orenburg OpenStreetMap lists 11 farm-supply shops, 11 markets and 37 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Любимый — farm shop
улица Ямашева 6, Оренбург · 7 km
Дача — farm shop
проспект Победы, Оренбург · 5 km
Фермер базар — farm shop
Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 7 km
Бирюза — farm supply
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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