When to plant watermelons in Orsha: 12 June – 2 July

In Orsha, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 4 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 2 July; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 2 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Росток (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Orsha: soil, season and weather

In Orsha the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 4 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 12 June, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	4 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 39 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 May – 2 July; May outside: 7 °C at night, 17.2 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	11 October, 121 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 30 August
Days left for picking	62
Daylight	16:02 on 15 May, 17:10 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Orsha: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

12 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 Orsha 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 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (17.4 °C) and October (10.3 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 4 °C to 14 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.3	12.4	80	13	17:13
July	23	14	111	16	16:45
August	22.9	13.3	67	10	14:58
September	17.4	9	57	9	12:47
October	10.3	4	68	13	10:36

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Orsha, Babruysk is 7 days earlier and Vitebsk 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mogilev	68 km	9 June – 8 July	3 days earlier
Vitebsk	77 km	18 June – 7 July	6 days later
Smolensk	110 km	17 June – 3 July	5 days later
Barysaw	127 km	6 June – 11 July	6 days earlier
Polatsk	150 km	11 June – 11 July	1 day earlier
Babruysk	170 km	5 June – 11 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Orsha

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 2 July (from 22 May to 2 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 4 June. Within 15 km of Orsha OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Рынак Універсальны — market
6 km
Ивушка — farm shop
0 km
Росток — garden centre
вуліца Вісарыёна Бялінскага 3Ж, 211030 · 3 km
Рынак — market
вуліца Фелікса Дзяржынскага 12 · 2 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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