When to plant cucumbers in Angers: 28 May – 12 September

In Angers, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 9 April to 15 August; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 12 September; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 12 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Hortelli (garden centre, 2 km) and Les Jardins des Ardoisières (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Angers: soil, season and weather

In Angers the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 12 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 28 May, 77 days later.

Last spring frost	12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 77 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	7 May – 12 September; May outside: 10.3 °C at night, 20 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	27 November, 183 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 July – 16 October
Days left for picking	149
Daylight	14:23 on 30 April, 15:34 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, August, has 7 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Angers: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

4 June — 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 Angers during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.9 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (12.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5.9 °C to 15.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	20	10.3	68	11	15:05
June	24.1	14.2	65	10	15:56
July	25.8	15.5	40	7	15:36
August	25.9	15.4	39	7	14:18
September	22.6	12.9	52	9	12:37
October	18	10	77	12	10:56
November	12.4	5.9	71	12	9:21

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Cucumber in nearby cities

2 of the nearest cities share Angers's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	28 May – 14 September	same day
Le Mans	81 km	31 May – 9 September	3 days later
Tours	94 km	31 May – 12 September	3 days later
Rennes	110 km	1 June – 13 September	4 days later
Poitiers	120 km	30 May – 4 September	2 days later
La Rochelle	153 km	28 May – 27 September	same day

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Angers

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 12 September (from 7 May to 12 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 9 April to 15 August. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Jardiprix — garden centre
Mon–Sun 09:30–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 8 km · jardiprix.com
Les Jardins des Ardoisières — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sun 09:30–12:30, 14:30–18:00 · 3 km
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 5 km
Hortelli — garden centre
Tue–Fri 10:00–13:00, 14:30–19:00; Sat 09:00–19:00 · 2 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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