When to plant zucchini in Orenburg: 27 May – 25 July

In Orenburg, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 15 April to 4 July; plant into a greenhouse from 6 May to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 27 May to 25 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include У дачи (farm shop, 2 km) and Андреевское подворье (farm shop, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Orenburg: soil, season and weather

In Orenburg 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 27 May, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	25 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	27 May, 32 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	11 October, 137 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 July – 30 August
Days left for picking	101
Daylight	15:08 on 6 May, 16:10 on 27 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 5 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Orenburg: care after planting

Planted on 27 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Orenburg during the zucchini season

About 217 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (27 mm) and October the wettest (43 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22	8.8	40	7	15:37
June	26.4	13.9	38	7	16:39
July	29.4	16.7	38	6	16:15
August	28.3	15.3	27	5	14:41
September	19.9	8.5	31	6	12:43
October	11.5	2.4	43	8	10:45

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Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Orenburg, Oral (Uralsk) is 1 day earlier and Sterlitamak 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sterlitamak	216 km	2 June – 20 July	6 days later
Aktobe	220 km	28 May – 23 July	1 day later
Oral (Uralsk)	260 km	26 May – 27 July	1 day earlier
Magnitogorsk	320 km	2 June – 10 July	6 days later
Ufa	335 km	31 May – 15 July	4 days later
Samara	371 km	31 May – 4 August	4 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Orenburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 27 May to 25 July (from 6 May to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 April to 4 July. Within 15 km of Orenburg OpenStreetMap lists 11 farm-supply shops, 11 markets and 37 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

У дачи — farm shop
улица Мусы Джалиля 14, Оренбург · 2 km
Андреевское подворье — farm shop
улица Мусы Джалиля 6, Оренбург · 2 km
Ася — farm shop
Луговая улица 4, Оренбург · 4 km
Яблонька — farm shop
улица Механизаторов 6, Оренбург · 4 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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