When to plant zucchini in Chita: 22 June – 7 July

In Chita, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 11 May to 16 June; plant into a greenhouse from 1 June to 7 July; plant out into open ground from 22 June to 7 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Нарасхват (farm shop, 9 km) and Продуктовый магазин (farm shop, 16 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Chita: soil, season and weather

In Chita the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 May, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 22 June, 34 days later. 93 days separate planting out (22 June) from the first autumn frost (23 September); the card's 36 days to the first harvest leave 57 for picking, so a start 8 weeks late would still fit.

Last spring frost	19 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	22 June, 34 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	23 September, 93 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 July – 12 August
Days left for picking	57
Daylight	16:24 on 1 June, 16:45 on 22 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 10 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Chita: care after planting

Planted on 22 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Chita during the zucchini season

About 310 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (52 mm) and July the wettest (109 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.5	10.9	52	10	16:42
July	25.1	14.3	109	11	16:17
August	21.6	11.6	88	11	14:43
September	15.3	4.9	61	9	12:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Chita, Ulan-Ude is 10 days earlier and Yakutsk 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ulan-Ude	404 km	12 June – 13 July	10 days earlier
Irkutsk	627 km	15 June – 14 July	7 days earlier
Blagoveshchensk	997 km	15 June – 17 July	7 days earlier
Krasnoyarsk	1,412 km	18 June – 11 July	4 days earlier
Yakutsk	1,474 km	28 June – 2 July	6 days later
Khabarovsk	1,579 km	15 June – 30 July	7 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Chita

Buy plants ready to set out from 22 June to 7 July (from 1 June to 7 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 May to 16 June. Within 15 km of Chita OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Продуктовый магазин — farm shop
Ленская улица 40А · 16 km
Нарасхват — farm shop
Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 9 km
Новый рынок — market
0 km
Рынок Десятка — 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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