When to plant zucchini in Aktobe: 28 May – 23 July

In Aktobe, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 16 April to 2 July; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 23 July.

Zucchini in Aktobe: soil, season and weather

In Aktobe 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 zucchini card — only around 28 May, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	25 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 33 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	9 October, 134 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 July – 28 August
Days left for picking	98
Daylight	15:01 on 7 May, 15:58 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 5 rainy days

The same dates in Aktobe hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Aktobe: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Aktobe during the zucchini season

About 188 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (21 mm) and July the wettest (45 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.9	8.8	32	6	15:26
June	26.5	13.9	30	6	16:23
July	29.4	16.8	45	6	16:00
August	28.4	15.2	21	5	14:33
September	20.2	8.6	25	5	12:41
October	11.6	1.8	35	7	10:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Aktobe, Atyrau is 24 days earlier and Magnitogorsk 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Orenburg	220 km	27 May – 25 July	1 day earlier
Magnitogorsk	369 km	2 June – 10 July	5 days later
Sterlitamak	383 km	2 June – 20 July	5 days later
Oral (Uralsk)	418 km	26 May – 27 July	2 days earlier
Ufa	503 km	31 May – 15 July	3 days later
Atyrau	525 km	4 May – 15 August	24 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Aktobe

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 23 July (from 7 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 16 April to 2 July. Within 15 km of Aktobe OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 9 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Смак — farm shop
5 km
Надежда — farm shop
5 km
Жетысу — farm shop
5 km
Достар — farm shop
11 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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