When to plant zucchini in Saransk: 1 June – 28 July

In Saransk, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 20 April to 7 July; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 28 July. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Продукты Бэхэтле (farm shop, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Saransk: soil, season and weather

In Saransk the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 30 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 1 June, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	30 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 32 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 October, 135 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 July – 2 September
Days left for picking	99
Daylight	15:45 on 11 May, 16:48 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 9 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Saransk: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Saransk during the zucchini season

About 267 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (39 mm) and July the wettest (73 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.6	11.7	64	10	17:09
July	25	14.5	73	11	16:41
August	24.4	13.3	43	8	14:56
September	17.2	7.8	39	9	12:46
October	9.9	2.7	48	11	10:37

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Saransk, Tolyatti is 3 days earlier and Penza 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Penza	109 km	2 June – 29 July	1 day later
Ulyanovsk	210 km	30 May – 6 August	2 days earlier
Nizhny Novgorod	250 km	2 June – 1 August	1 day later
Cheboksary	254 km	2 June – 31 July	1 day later
Tolyatti	283 km	29 May – 6 August	3 days earlier
Tambov	294 km	1 June – 2 August	same day

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Saransk

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 28 July (from 11 May to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 April to 7 July. Within 15 km of Saransk OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Продукты Бэхэтле — farm shop
Долгая улица 19Б · 10 km
Пчёлка — farm supply
2 km
Рынок "Заречный" — market
5 km
Рынок «Данко» — market
5 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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