When to plant cucumbers in Aguascalientes: 8 February – 27 September

In Aguascalientes, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 21 December to 30 August; plant into a greenhouse from 18 January to 27 September; plant out into open ground from 8 February to 27 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include AGRODEPOT (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Aguascalientes: soil, season and weather

In Aguascalientes the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 8 February, 33 days later.

Last spring frost	6 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 February, 33 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 January – 27 September; January outside: 6.2 °C at night, 22 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	12 December, 307 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 March – 31 October
Days left for picking	273
Daylight	10:54 on 11 January, 11:18 on 8 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, March, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in Aguascalientes hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Aguascalientes: care after planting

Planted on 8 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

15 February — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of cucumber to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Aguascalientes during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, May, averages 30.9 °C. Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 6.8 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	24.6	7.8	10	2	11:26
March	27.6	10	3	1	12:00
April	29.5	12.3	4	1	12:39
May	30.9	14.8	14	4	13:11
June	29	15.5	85	11	13:28
July	26.4	14.1	123	17	13:21
August	26.8	14.4	102	14	12:54
September	25.4	13.7	96	13	12:17
October	25.2	11.7	37	6	11:40
November	24.2	9	15	2	11:06
December	22	6.8	10	2	10:48

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber later than Aguascalientes; the closest date is in Durango, 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Zacatecas	104 km	21 February – 11 September	13 days later
San Luis Potosí	137 km	7 March – 30 September	27 days later
Morelia	268 km	18 April – 7 October	69 days later
Durango	341 km	19 February – 23 September	11 days later
Toluca	397 km	3 April – 10 October	54 days later
Saltillo	416 km	27 February – 11 September	19 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Aguascalientes

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 February to 27 September (from 18 January to 27 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 21 December to 30 August. Within 15 km of Aguascalientes OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 9 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Villas — market
Calle Ermita de San Sebastián, 20296 Aguascalientes · 6 km
AGRODEPOT — farm shop
Supercarretera Aguascalientes-Zacatecas, AGUASCALIENTES · 8 km
Vivero el Mezquite — garden centre
8 km
Jardín Botánico — plant nursery
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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