When to plant watermelons in Taganrog: 25 May – 6 August

In Taganrog, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 6 April to 9 July; plant into a greenhouse from 4 May to 6 August; plant out into open ground from 25 May to 6 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Vitamin (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Watermelon in Taganrog: soil, season and weather

In Taganrog the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 25 May, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	25 May, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	4 May – 6 August; May outside: 12.6 °C at night, 20.8 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	15 November, 174 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 July – 4 October
Days left for picking	115
Daylight	14:13 on 27 April, 15:27 on 25 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Taganrog: care after planting

Planted on 25 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

25 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 Taganrog 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 (15.3 °C) and November (7.9 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in May and September–November (2.7–14.3 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20.8	12.6	69	10	15:04
June	26.6	18	44	7	15:54
July	29.4	20.3	31	6	15:34
August	29.4	20	21	4	14:17
September	22.9	14.3	26	5	12:37
October	15.3	8.3	42	7	10:56
November	7.9	2.7	52	8	9:22

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Taganrog, Krasnodar is 8 days earlier and Pavlohrad 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rostov-on-Don	61 km	24 May – 31 July	1 day earlier
Krasnodar	245 km	17 May – 9 August	8 days earlier
Pavlohrad	268 km	27 May – 28 July	2 days later
Zaporizhzhia	291 km	20 May – 3 August	5 days earlier
Novorossiysk	293 km	23 May – 17 August	2 days earlier
Dnipro	318 km	26 May – 30 July	1 day later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Taganrog

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 May to 6 August (from 4 May to 6 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 April to 9 July. Within 15 km of Taganrog OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Vitamin — farm shop
Театральная улица 6, 347913 Таганрог · Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00 · 2 km
Урожай — garden centre
4 km
Дарница — garden centre
4 km
Садовый Мир — garden centre
8 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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