When to plant watermelons in Sterlitamak: 2 June – 27 June

In Sterlitamak, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 14 April to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 12 May to 27 June; plant out into open ground from 2 June to 27 June. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include 220 Вольт (garden centre, 3 km) and Центр Садовода (farm supply, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Sterlitamak: soil, season and weather

In Sterlitamak the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 1 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 2 June, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	1 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	2 June, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 May – 27 June; May outside: 6.6 °C at night, 19.5 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	6 October, 126 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 July – 25 August
Days left for picking	67
Daylight	15:18 on 5 May, 16:43 on 2 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 9 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Sterlitamak: care after planting

Planted on 2 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

2 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 Sterlitamak 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 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: September (17.2 °C) and October (9.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1.4 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.9	11.8	67	11	17:02
July	26	14.6	56	9	16:35
August	25	13.4	53	9	14:53
September	17.2	7.2	53	10	12:46
October	9.1	1.4	60	11	10:39

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Sterlitamak's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ufa	122 km	31 May – 22 June	2 days earlier
Magnitogorsk	204 km	2 June – 17 June	same day
Orenburg	216 km	27 May – 2 July	6 days earlier
Naberezhnye Chelny	325 km	1 June – 1 July	1 day earlier
Aktobe	383 km	28 May – 30 June	5 days earlier
Samara	387 km	31 May – 12 July	2 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Sterlitamak

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 June to 27 June (from 12 May to 27 June for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 14 April to 30 May. Within 15 km of Sterlitamak OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

220 Вольт — garden centre
улица 7 Ноября 2А с1, 453101 Стерлитамак · 3 km
Центр Садовода — farm supply
Mon–Sun 09:00–20:00 · 4 km · centr-sadovoda.ru
Центральный — market
Комсомольская улица 5, 453124 Стерлитамак · 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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