When to plant zucchini in Barysaw: 6 June – 3 August

In Barysaw, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 13 July; plant into a greenhouse from 16 May to 3 August; plant out into open ground from 6 June to 3 August.

Zucchini in Barysaw: soil, season and weather

In Barysaw the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 6 June, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	5 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	6 June, 32 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	20 October, 136 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 8 September
Days left for picking	100
Daylight	16:03 on 16 May, 16:58 on 6 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Barysaw: care after planting

Planted on 6 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Barysaw during the zucchini season

About 381 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (54 mm) and July the wettest (109 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.7	12.6	81	12	17:10
July	23.1	14	109	15	16:41
August	23.1	13.4	67	10	14:56
September	18	9.4	54	9	12:47
October	10.9	4.4	70	14	10:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Barysaw, Babruysk is 1 day earlier and Orsha 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Minsk	71 km	11 June – 14 August	5 days later
Maladzyechna	108 km	11 June – 2 August	5 days later
Mogilev	125 km	9 June – 31 July	3 days later
Orsha	127 km	12 June – 25 July	6 days later
Babruysk	129 km	5 June – 3 August	1 day earlier
Polatsk	141 km	11 June – 3 August	5 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Barysaw

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 June to 3 August (from 16 May to 3 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 13 July. Within 15 km of Barysaw OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Максидом - Семена — garden centre
2 km
Рынак «Стадыён» — market
1 km
Стара-Барысаўскі рынак — market
2 km
Рынак Спатканне — market
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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