Peanut · Gatchina, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia
When to plant peanuts in Gatchina
Main outdoor window
14 Jul - 4 Aug
A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.
Timed from last spring frost
14 May
In Gatchina, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
11 Nov - 11 Dec
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Gatchina
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Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.
Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.
Start indoors
16 Apr - 7 May
Four weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow direct
14 Jul - 4 Aug
Delayed by a soil-warming estimate derived from historical air temperatures. The frost-only date would be 28 May. Measure your soil before planting.
Plant out
14 Jul - 4 Aug
Delayed by a soil-warming estimate derived from historical air temperatures. The frost-only date would be 28 May. Measure your soil before planting.
Harvest
11 Nov - 11 Dec
Peanuts through the year
Against the frost risk in Gatchina
Seasonal context
Rainfall and the growing season in Gatchina
August has the highest average precipitation (100 mm); February has the lowest (44 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.
During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.
Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.
Monthly growing conditions in Gatchina
Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.
| Month | Average low | Average high | Frost days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.7°C (11°F)11°F (-11.7°C) | -6.4°C (20.5°F)20.5°F (-6.4°C) | 30.2 |
| February | -11.3°C (11.7°F)11.7°F (-11.3°C) | -5.3°C (22.5°F)22.5°F (-5.3°C) | 27.7 |
| March | -7°C (19.4°F)19.4°F (-7°C) | -0.7°C (30.8°F)30.8°F (-0.7°C) | 29.6 |
| April | -0.9°C (30.4°F)30.4°F (-0.9°C) | 7.7°C (45.9°F)45.9°F (7.7°C) | 18.6 |
| May | 4.7°C (40.4°F)40.4°F (4.7°C) | 14.8°C (58.7°F)58.7°F (14.8°C) | 3.9 |
| June | 9.9°C (49.9°F)49.9°F (9.9°C) | 19.3°C (66.8°F)66.8°F (19.3°C) | 0.0 |
| July | 12.8°C (55°F)55°F (12.8°C) | 21.7°C (71°F)71°F (21.7°C) | 0.0 |
| August | 11.5°C (52.8°F)52.8°F (11.5°C) | 20.3°C (68.6°F)68.6°F (20.3°C) | 0.0 |
| September | 7.3°C (45.1°F)45.1°F (7.3°C) | 15°C (58.9°F)58.9°F (15°C) | 0.4 |
| October | 2.1°C (35.8°F)35.8°F (2.1°C) | 7.2°C (45°F)45°F (7.2°C) | 9.6 |
| November | -3.5°C (25.8°F)25.8°F (-3.5°C) | 0.3°C (32.5°F)32.5°F (0.3°C) | 21.5 |
| December | -8.9°C (15.9°F)15.9°F (-8.9°C) | -4.4°C (24.2°F)24.2°F (-4.4°C) | 28.8 |
For peanuts, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.
Local growing check
Before choosing peanuts for Gatchina
- August is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 100 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.
Before you plant peanuts
Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.
- Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 18°C (64.4°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
- Check the local overnight forecast before planting out. Delay planting or keep protection ready if frost is forecast, even after the historical last-frost date.
- Harden off plants raised indoors: gradually expose them to outdoor light, wind and temperature before their final move into the bed.
- Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.
Leave loose soil for the pegs that form underground pods
Use sun and drained soil with adequate warmth for establishment. Avoid disturbing the pegging area once flowers are followed by pegs. Check the cultivar's full-season requirement before dedicating a bed in a short summer climate.
Lift a sample to assess pod maturity rather than judging the crop only from foliage. Harvest carefully and dry sound pods under suitable ventilated conditions before storage, discarding mouldy material. Keep the variety and planting date with the sample record.
What to record this season
Did pegs enter the soil easily, and what proportion of pods were mature when lifted? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.
Further reading: NC State Extension: Arachis hypogaea . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.
The reference describes plant identity and cultivation. Its regional calendar months and hardiness observations do not validate the calculated dates for another location.
How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy
Why these dates
Use sun and drained soil with adequate warmth for establishment. Avoid disturbing the pegging area once flowers are followed by pegs. Check the cultivar's full-season requirement before dedicating a bed in a short summer climate.
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.
This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Peanuts are timed from 4 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Gatchina.
The calendar also applies a soil-warming estimate derived from historical air temperatures. Where that estimate is later than the frost-based date, it delays the window. Soil in your own garden can warm earlier or later; a thermometer at sowing depth is a better final check. Cold, wet conditions can slow germination and increase decay risk.
The median frost-free season here is 149 days, against 120 to 150 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
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Growing peanuts in Gatchina
Can I grow peanuts in Gatchina?
The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. August is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 100 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
When should I plant peanuts in Gatchina?
Aim for 14 Jul - 4 Aug in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 14 Jul - 4 Aug - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
Can I plant peanuts earlier in Gatchina?
The historical frost estimate is 28 May. For Peanuts, an air-temperature model estimates soil warmth of about 18°C (64.4°F) around 14 Jul. This is not a soil measurement or a forecast. Check your bed at sowing depth; cold, wet conditions can slow growth and increase decay risk.
When might peanuts be ready to harvest in Gatchina?
The estimated period is 11 Nov - 11 Dec, based on 120 to 150 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.
Why is there no model planting window for peanuts in Gatchina?
Your frost-free season is about 149 days. This crop needs roughly 120 days from planting out, so it will not ripen outdoors here without a greenhouse, a cloche or an early cultivar.
How much frost will peanuts tolerate?
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.