When to plant cucumbers in Albuquerque: 18 April – 25 August

In Albuquerque, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 28 February to 28 July; plant into a greenhouse from 28 March to 25 August; plant out into open ground from 18 April to 25 August.

Cucumber in Albuquerque: soil, season and weather

In Albuquerque the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 18 April, 13 days later.

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 April, 13 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	28 March – 25 August; March outside: 2.8 °C at night, 17.9 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 205 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 May – 28 September
Days left for picking	171
Daylight	12:09 on 21 March, 13:09 on 18 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, May, has 4 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Albuquerque: care after planting

Planted on 18 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

25 April — 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 Albuquerque during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 34.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (15.1 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April–June and September–November (2.2–17.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	23.2	6.8	19	4	13:03
May	27.7	11.8	17	4	13:59
June	33.4	17.7	22	3	14:30
July	34.4	20.3	21	5	14:18
August	32.8	19.1	22	4	13:30
September	29.4	15.1	29	4	12:26
October	22.6	8.8	40	5	11:21
November	15.1	2.2	21	4	10:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

Around Albuquerque, El Paso is 26 days earlier and Colorado Springs 49 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Santa Fe (United States)	94 km	3 May – 11 August	15 days later
Las Cruces	308 km	5 April – 9 September	13 days earlier
El Paso	369 km	23 March – 20 September	26 days earlier
Ciudad Juárez	378 km	23 March – 20 September	26 days earlier
Pueblo	398 km	3 May – 13 August	15 days later
Colorado Springs	448 km	6 June – 31 July	49 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Albuquerque

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 April to 25 August (from 28 March to 25 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 28 February to 28 July. Within 15 km of Albuquerque OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Rail Yards Market — market
1st Street Southwest 777, 87102 Albuquerque · May–Oct: Sun 10:00–14:00 · 1 km · railyardsmarket.org
Sawmill Market — market
Bellamah Avenue Northwest 1909, 87104 Albuquerque · Sun–Thu 08:00–21:00; Fri, Sat 08:00–22:00 · 3 km
Western Heights Mobile Village — market
Sage Road Southwest 6500, Albuquerque · 6 km
Jerry's Market — market
Isleta Boulevard Southwest · 15 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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