When to plant watermelons in Oryol: 11 June – 7 July

In Oryol, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 23 April to 9 June; plant into a greenhouse from 21 May to 7 July; plant out into open ground from 11 June to 7 July.

Watermelon in Oryol: soil, season and weather

In Oryol 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 11 June, 44 days later.

Last spring frost	28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	11 June, 44 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	21 May – 7 July; May outside: 7.4 °C at night, 18.2 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	16 October, 127 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 4 September
Days left for picking	68
Daylight	15:44 on 14 May, 16:50 on 11 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, September, has 7 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Oryol: care after planting

Planted on 11 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

11 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 Oryol during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.5 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (11.2 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.7 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	12.6	71	11	16:53
July	24.5	14.7	78	13	16:27
August	24.3	13.9	63	9	14:48
September	18.6	9.1	44	7	12:45
October	11.2	3.9	63	12	10:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Oryol, Kursk is 13 days earlier and Tula 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bryansk	122 km	11 June – 11 July	same day
Kursk	138 km	29 May – 12 July	13 days earlier
Tula	170 km	14 June – 6 July	3 days later
Kaluga	174 km	12 June – 2 July	1 day later
Shostka	216 km	30 May – 11 July	12 days earlier
Stary Oskol	222 km	29 May – 13 July	13 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Oryol

Buy plants ready to set out from 11 June to 7 July (from 21 May to 7 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 23 April to 9 June. Within 15 km of Oryol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

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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